Location: Archivio dell'Opera del Duomo, Firenze
Sub-Location: LD. VIII
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Type:Institutional record
Language:Latin
Transcription Author: Fiorenzo Canuti
Published: yes
Publication Details: Published by F. Canuti, “Il Perugino”, Siena, 1931, vol.2, pp. 296-297 (previously in C. Guasti, 'La cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore', Florence, 1857, pp.119-120).

The Soprastanti of the Opera del Duomo call on Perugino, and other artists, to judge the best means of repairing the lantern of the dome of S. M. del Fiore, damaged by a lightning strike. Florence.

Artist(s): Pietro Perugino
Dates: 26.6.1498
I Soprastanti “cognoscentes rem esse ponderosam et indigere summo consilio, et non civium tantum, verum etiam Achitectorum et aliorum qui superius et propterea ingenio valerent" nominano una Commissione di Artisti, fra cui: “Perusinus Pictor, Florentiae degens".