Brunelleschi's Dome

by Ross King

About This Book

ON AUGUST 19, 1418, competition was announced in Florence, where the city's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, had been under construction for more than a century: Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main Dome of the Cathedral under construction by the Opera del Duomo-for armature, scaffold or other thing, or any lifting device pertaining to the construction and perfection of said cupola or vault-shall do so before the end of the month of September.