Word: redig
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...building connected to the loggia probed a wall which Pope Paul III had put up across one end of the gallery in 1534 to strengthen its terminal arch. As the brick came away, they got a glimpse of bright design and glowing colors. For six months Dr. Deoclecio Redig de Campos, an assistant director of the Vatican's museums, bossed the delicate job of stripping away the rest of the wall, and last week he announced his discovery. Behind the bricks were two long, thin (12 ft. by 11 in.) sections of Raphael's original frescoes that...
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