Basilica of Saint Dominic
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[edit] Exterior
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[edit] Arks of the jurists
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[edit] Interiors
 nave |
 looking at the entrance |
 looking towards the altar |
 apsis with choir |
 tomb of Alessandro Tartagni (1477) |
 Crucifix (1250) by Giunta Pisano; left transept |
 St Thomas Aquinas and St. Benedict; fresco (14th c.) in the left transept |
 Tombstone for King Enzio (left transept) |
 Madonna with Child (unknown artist) |
 papier-mâché bust of Ven. Serafino Capponi, a theologian (died 1615) |
 Monument to Taddeo Pepoli (died 1337); Chapel of St Michael the Archangel |
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[edit] Rosary (or Guidotti) Chapel
 Rosary chapel |
 Rosary chapel |
 Altar by Floriano Ambrosini (1589) |
 Assumption, cupola of the Rosary chapel |
 Organ (once played by Mozart), Rosary chapel |
 Organ |
 Tombstone of Guido Reni and Elisabetta Sirani |
 Tombstone of Giovanni Guidotti, founder of the chapel |
[edit] Ark of Saint Dominic (in St. Dominic's chapel)
 St Dominic's Glory by Guido Reni (1613-1615) in St. Dominic's Chapel |
 True face of Saint Dominic. |
 True face of Saint Dominic |
 Ark of Saint Dominic in the Chapel of the Saint |
 Front side |
 Ark of St. Dominic - lower front part |
 Ark of St. Dominic - upper front part |
 Angel holding a candlestick by the young Michelangelo |
 Front scene by Nicola Pisano and assistants. |
 "St Dominic resurrects Napoleone Orsini after a fall from his horse and delivers him to his mother" by Nicola Pisano and assistants |
 Saint Dominic (detail of previous photo) |
 St Francis (by Niccolò dell' Arca) |
 San Petronio (by Michelangelo) |
 St Dominic (by Niccolò dell' Arca) |
 San Floriano (by Niccolò dell' Arca) |
 Right side : miracle of the bread; Back side : (left) Healing of Reginald, (right) vision of pope Innocent III |
 Backside + left side : St Dominic touched by God's Hand in the basilica of St Peter in Rome |
 San Procolo (by Michelangelo) |
 La Pietà (by Niccolò dell' Arca); (upper part of the) Ark of Saint Dominic |
 Vision of Brother Guala of St Dominic being taken to heaven on a white stairway by Christ and Mary (by Alfonso Lombardi) |
 Adoration of Christ by the Magi (by Alfonso Lombardi) |
 Baptism of St Dominic; Dominic sleeping on the floor; Dominic sells his parchments to feed the people (by Alfonso Lombardi); candlestick-holding angel (by Niccolò dell' Arca.) |
 Golden reliquary with the head of Saint Dominic by Jacopo Roseto (1383) (back side of the Ark of Saint Dominic) |
 Reliquary (detail) |
 Reliquary (detail) |
 Photo of the remains of Saint Dominic |
[edit] St. Catherine's Chapel
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 The mystic wedding of St. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr (1501) (by Filippino Lippi) |
 "St Catherine's mystic communion" by Francesco Brizzi (1546-1625) |
[edit] Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas (right transept)
 "St. Thomas writing the Holy Sacrament" (1662) by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (also called Guercino) |
[edit] Choir
 left side |
 right side |
 lectern |
 Left wing of the choir; intarsia inlaid by fra Damiano Zambelli (1541-1549), carved by his brother fra Stefano da Bergamo and finished by fra Bernardino da Bologna (1551) |
 "Adoration of the Magi" by Bartolomeo Cesi (1556-1629); Golden altar piece in the choir |
 Left wing (detail) of the choir |
[edit] Museum
 Pietà (1495) by Baccio da Montelupo |
 Reliquary of Saint Louis IX, king of France (end 13th c.) |
 Collection of reliquaries, chalices and monstrances |
 Polychromed terracotta of Saint Dominic by Nicolò dell' Arca (1493) |
 Fresco of Madonna with Child and Saint Dominic |
 The Paschal Lamb (sometimes attributed to Giorgio Vasari) |
 Madonna with Child, Saint Dominic and Vincenzo Ferreri (ca. 1773) by Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728-1781) |
 Story of San Girolamo, intarsia by fra Damiano da Bergamo (1530-1535) |
 Geometric figure (first half of 1500's), intarsia by fra Damiano Zambelli da Bergamo (1480-1549) |
 Geometric figure (1537), intarsia by fra Damiano da Bergamo |
[edit] St. Dominic's cell
 Cell where Saint Dominic died |
 Remains of the table where Saint Dominic once ate |
[edit] Chapterhouse
 Oldest image of Saint Dominic (unknown author, 14th century) |
[edit] Convent
 Map of the convent and the basilica |
 Monastery garden and ambulatory |
 Ambulatory with stone slabs |
 exterior of St. Dominic's chapel, as seen form the monastery garden; column with St Dominic, erected for the visit of pope Julius II (1507) |
 Madonna with Child and Saint Dominic |
 tombstone |
 library |
 Library with painting "Ecstasy of St. Thomas Aquinas" by Franceschini |
 old library |
