Figures
3.1 Frescoes by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the Sala dei Nove of the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena 291
3.2 Piazza del Campo with Palazzo Sansedoni and Fonte Gaia, showing market stalls in place in a photo by Paolo Lombardi, c.1860 292
4.1 Parchment cover from the Sienese Archive, depicting Catherine of Siena 293
6.1 Pietro Lorenzetti, The Birth of the Virgin, 1342, Siena, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo 294
6.2 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, The Presentation in the Temple, 1342, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi 295
6.3 Pietro Lorenzetti, The Carmelite Altarpiece, 1329, Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale 296
6.4 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, The Madonna and Child with Mary Magdalene and St. Dorothy (or St. Martha), c.1335–45, Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale 297
6.5 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, The Maestà, c.1340–45, Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale 298
6.6 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, The Annunciation to the Virgin, 1344, Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale 299
8.1 Square in front of the Church of Santa Maria di Collemaggio, L’Aquila showing the pulpit from where Bernardino preached 300
8.2 Original IHS insignia, tabulella, designed by Bernardino of Siena, kept in the Convent of San Giuliano, L’Aquila 301
8.3 Fresco of John of Capistrano defending Bernardino to Pope Martin V while holding the IHS insignia, part of a series depicting the life of Saint John of Capistrano at the chiosco of the Convent of San Giuliano, L’Aquila 302
8.4 Fresco of Bernardino of Siena and John of Capistrano preaching while holding the IHS insignia, part of a series depicting the life of Saint John of Capistrano at the chiosco of the Convent of San Giuliano, L’Aquila 302
8.5 Tomb of Saint Bernardino of Siena, Church of San Bernardino, L’Aquila 303
Maps
1.1 Siena and the surrounding area outside of the control of the Florentine Republic and the Pontifical State 304
3.1 Maestri sopra all’ornato interventions (1431–80); each block represents a building affect by Ornato interventions documented in ASS, Concistoro 2125 305
3.2 Map showing the she-wolf sculptures 306
3.3 The arrangement of the Piazza Postierla and Via del Capitano area, c.1480–1520 307
9.1 Siena in the thirteenth century 308