'Saving the soul of Giovanni di Bicci de'Medici: function and design in the Old Sacristy of San LorenzoDavies, P. (2019) 'Saving the soul of Giovanni di Bicci de'Medici: function and design in the Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo. Architectural History, 62. pp. 1-37. ISSN 0066-622X Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1017/arh.2019.1 Abstract/SummaryThis article explores why sacristies increasingly became such prized places for burial in late fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Florence. By focussing on one celebrated example - Giovanni di Bicci de'Medici's burial place in the Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo in Florence - it considers the various forms of benefit that the deceased soul was believed to derive from burial in such a location.
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