,
the latter in black: underneath are these lines:

"La pura Verita per ubbidire
Alla santa Giustizia che non tarda
Cava la lingua alla falsa bugiarda."

Lower down are the following lines:

"Taddeo dipinse questo bel rigestro
Discepol fu di Giotto il buon maestro."

In Arezzo some works in fresco were allotted to him, which he carried
out with the greatest perfection with the aid of his pupil Giovanni
da Milano. One of these, representing the Passion of Jesus Christ,
may still be seen in the oratory of the Holy Spirit, in front of the
high altar. It contains many horses, and the thieves on the cross,
and is considered a very beautiful thing on account of his conception
of the nailing to the cross, where there are some figures which
vividly express the rage of the Jews, some drawing Him by the legs
with a rope, others bringing the sponge, and others in various
attitudes, such as Longinus, who pierces His side with the spear, and
the three soldiers who are playing for His garments, their faces
depicting hope and fear in throwing the dice. The first of these men
stands in a constrained attitude awaiting his turn, and is so eager
to draw that he apparently does not notice the discomfort; the second
is loading the dice-box, and frowns as he looks at the dice, his
mouth and eyes open as if from suspicion of fraud, showing clearly to
an observant beholder his eagerness to win; the third, who is about
to throw the dice, spreads out on the ground with trembling arm the
garments, where he shows with a smile that he intends to throw them.
On the sides of the church also may be seen some stories of St John
the Evangelist, which are executed with such wonderful style and
design that they cannot fail to excite astonishment. In the chapel of
St Sebastian, next the sacristy in S. Agostino, he did the life of
that martyr and the dispute of Christ with the doctors, so well
executed and finished that the beauty and variety displayed, as well
as the grace of their colouring, are marvellous.

In Casentino, in the church of the Sasso del Vernia, he painted in
the chapel the scene where S. Francis receives the stigmata. Here
Taddeo was assisted in matters of minor importance by Jacopo di
Casentino, who thus became his pupil. When this was completed Taddeo
returned with Giovanni of Milan to Florence, where in the city and
without they made a number of panels and pictures of