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...this pious tradition is preserved by a show that is now on view at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Treasury of Saint Francis of Assisi" comprises some 70 works of art--paintings, sculpture, textiles, manuscripts and metalwork--drawn in part from the 13th century tesoro, or museum, of the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, Italy. Its main purpose is to draw attention to the disaster that struck the great pilgrimage center in September 1997, when an earthquake shook loose the vaults of its upper church, weakening the whole structure and bringing down some...
...canonization of St. Francis, the great basilica was showered with gifts of liturgical art. One may well ask how an order dedicated to holy poverty managed to raise the money to construct the basilica, fill it with frescoes and altarpieces by the most esteemed and expensive artists of the 13th century, and acquire the rich collection of chalices, reliquaries and the like that plumped out its treasure house--in sum, to turn the place into the biggest pilgrimage center in the late medieval world, after Jerusalem, Rome and Compostela...
...kick off the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations' 13th Annual David Aloian Dinner last night, the Radcliffe Pitches sang, "This Could Be the Start of Something...
...13TH WARRIOR Directed by John McTiernan Starring Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif August...
After the match the players celebrated at center court, holding aloft the Ivy trophy. This year's title is Harvard's fourth in five years and 13th in the 19 years of Ivy League competition...