he family
derived its origin, in the lines:

Dove si scontra il Giglion con la Chiassa
Ivi furon i miei antecessori,
Che in campo azzurro d'or portan sei sassa.

Agnolo and Agostino displayed more art, invention, and diligence in
this work than had ever been employed on anything before their time.
And indeed they deserve the highest praise, having introduced into it
so many figures, such a variety of landscapes, places, towns, horses,
men, and other things, that it is a veritable marvel. And although
the tomb has been almost entirely destroyed by the French of the Duke
of Anjou, who sacked the greater part of the city in revenge for some
injuries received by them from their enemies, yet it is still clear
that it was executed with the most excellent judgment by Agostino and
Agnolo, who carved on it in rather large letters: _Hoc opus fecit
magister Augustinus et magister Angelus de Senis_. In 1329 they did a
marble bas-relief for the church of S. Francesco at Bologna, which is
in a very fair manner, and besides the carved ornamentation, which
is very fine, they introduced figures a braccia and a half high, of
Christ crowning Our Lady, with three similar figures on either side,
St Francis, St James, St Domenic, St Anthony of Padua, St Petronio,
and St John the Evangelist, and under each of these figures is carved
in bas-relief a scene from the life of the saint above. All these
scenes contain a great number of half-length figures, which make a
rich and beautiful ornamentation after the manner of those times.
It is very apparent that Agostino and Agnolo threw an immense amount
of labour into this work, and that they applied all their care and
knowledge to make it worthy of praise, as it truly was, and even now
when it is half destroyed, it is possible to read their names and the
date, by means of which and of a knowledge of the time when they
began it, one may see that they spent eight whole years upon it,
although it is true that at the same time they made many other
small things in different places for various persons.

Now while they were at work at Bologna, that city gave itself freely
to the Church, through the mediation of the papal legate, and the
Pope in return promised that he and his court would go to live at
Bologna, but that for his security he wished to build a castle or
fortress there. This was granted by the Bolognese, and the castle was
quickly built under the direction and f