Note 9 — Chapter I · GIOTTO AND THE NEW FLORENTINE HUMANISM
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About the 28 stories of St. Francis there is no agreement except that Nos. I and XXVI-VIII are by the “Cecelia Master.” Venturi sees Giotto only in the later stories. I agree with Berenson that the ruder frescoes, II-XVIII, which are based on the so-called Roman work above show us Giotto at his beginnings. For the various views consult Brown and Rankin, A Short History, pp. 48–9, 59, 61.