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Francis of Assisi: A New Biography 9780801464263
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Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi A New Biography
| [ Augustine Thompson, O.P. ]
C o r n e l l Un i v e r s i t y P r e s s It h ac a a n d L o n d o n
Frontispiece illustration Frater Franciscus, anonymous fresco, before 1228, Sacro Speco, Monastero di San Benedetto, Subiaco, Italy. Used with permission. Copyright © 2012 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 2012 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thompson, Augustine. Francis of Assisi: a new biography / Augustine Thompson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8014-5070-9 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182–1226. 2. Christian saints— Italy—Assisi—Biography. I. Title. BX4700.F6T46 2012 271'.302—dc23 [B] 2011037724 Cornell University Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the
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Item NMC/0141E - Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
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Title
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
Level of description
Content and Structure
Scope and content
View of Basilica looking towards the colonnade.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Name of creator
Selby, Frederick
(1906-1989)
Biographical history
Selby, a German refugee, was born in Germany as Manfred Salinger. He studied architecture at the Technical College of Berlin in the 1920s under Modernists such as Walter Gropius and Erich Mendelsohn (despite having Albert Speer, “Hitler’s architect”, as a classmate). Selby practised as an architect in Berlin before escaping to Prague during the Nazi regime. He was was unable to work as an architect there as only Czechs were allowed to do so, but found work as a neon sign maker and developed his life-long love for Czech architecture. He was later to find himself on the streets of Prague again during the Summer of 1968 as the Czech people attempted (unsuccessfully) to overthrow the Soviet Union-backed regime (He brought back several dramatic pictures of the uprising, now stored in the archives at Strathclyde University).
When the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, after several failed attempts to trave
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Giotto (1267-1337), St. Francis with shine unsteadily men (detail), 1297-1300, Higher Church, Basilica di S. Francesco, Assisi, Italy.
By John P. Walsh
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