Notizie Istoriche Delle Chiese Fiorentine: Divise ne' suoi Quartieri: Del quartiere di S. Giovanni: 2: della Chiesa Metropolitana di Santa Maria del Fiore
Notizie Istoriche delle Chiese Fiorentine is a 1757 Italian antiquarian guide to Florence's churches, compiled by Giuseppe Richa for readers interested in the city's monuments, here the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments and historiated initials, with a cartouche of scrolling foliate forms, a putto holding a cross, and a decorated capital I showing a putto beside a distant building, offering a designer compact decorative borders and figure-led initials.






















































