he tomb in the space of four years,
conducting the work with great care, and they set it up in the chapel
of the Sacrament in the church of the Vescovado of Arezzo. Above the
sarcophagus, which rests on brackets carved in a really admirable
manner, is stretched the form of the bishop, in marble, while at the
side are some angels drawing curtains, done with considerable skill.
Twelve square panels contain scenes of the life and acts of the
bishop in an infinite number of small figures carved in half-relief.
I do not think it too much trouble to relate the subjects of these
scenes, so that it may appear with what labour they were executed,
and how these sculptors endeavoured to discover the good style by
study.

The first shows how the bishop, aided by the Ghibelline party of
Milan, who sent him 400 masons and money, entirely rebuilt the wall
of Arezzo, lengthening it more than it had previously been so that it
took the shape of a galley. The second is the taking of Lucignano di
Valdichiana; the third, that of Chiusi; the fourth, that of Fronzoli,
a strong castle of that time above Poppi, held by the sons of the
count of Battifolle. The fifth contains the final surrender to the
bishop of the castle of Rondine, after it had been besieged by the
Aretines for many months. The sixth is the capture of the castle del
Bucine in Valdarno. The seventh contains the storming of the Rocca di
Caprese, which belonged to the Count of Romena, after it had been
besieged for several months. In the eighth the bishop is dismantling
the castle of Laterino, and causing the hill which rises above it to
be cut in form of a cross, so that it should not be possible to make
another fortress there. The ninth represents the destruction and
burning of Monte Sansavino and the driving out of all the
inhabitants. The eleventh contains the bishop's coronation, with a
number of richly dressed soldiers, both horse and foot, and of other
people. The twelfth and last represents the bishop being carried by
his men from Montenero, where he fell sick, to Massa, and thence,
after his death, to Arezzo. In many places about the tomb are the
Ghibelline insignia and the bishop's arms, which are six-squared
stones or on a field _azure_, following the same arrangements as the
six balls in the arms of the Medici. These arms of the bishop's house
were described by friar Guittone, knight and poet of Arezzo, when he
wrote of the site of the castle of Pietramala, whence t