Yesterday (3/10)

In the late afternoon, after we had successfully extracted some of our devalued dollars from the Banc-o-mat and bought stamps at the P.O. ... 85 cents, Penny and I decided to have our first gelato of the trip. Penny had Cafe and Bacio, and I had Straciatello and Crema. We huddled on a cold stone bench in the Piazza della Repubblica watching the young kick soccer balls around and the old smoke cigarettes


Earlier, we spent 2 1/2 hours or more at the Santa Croce - which in retrospect seems an unreasonably long time since half of it is under "restauro". Two interesting Annunciations in the Bandini Baroncelli Chapels by Gaddi which I could barely photograph. Only Annunciation post card was of a Donatello marble piece that was not on view.

How tedious all this Annunciation seeking must be to you---all. The exciting parts of our lives will have to wait to be revealed in our memoirs....posthumously. However, to continue, there is a faded barely visible Annunciation on a column in the Orsan Michele AND a post card!!! It was after that excitement we had the gelato.



Today, the Uffizi so this will be short. Beside us are the perpetual teen school groups. The entire continent must be on Spring Break.


And now for the ANNUNCIATION REPORT.

(Feel free to skip the following as it's primarily my "Work in Progress" AND I want to thank my sister, Penny, for her patient help in my endeavors.)

1. Pitore Toscan c. 1210-15 Wood Panel, bottom
2. Gentile Fabriano c. 1370-1427 Top of "Adoration....."
3. Lorenzo Moinaco & Cosimo Rosselli Top of Adoration
4. Bernardo Daddi c. 1290 San Pancrazio polytych, bottom right
5. Simone Martini 1284 -1344 Whole Wall...Gold...(she doesn't look happy)
6. Baldovinette c. 1457 He's mainly a Mosaicist, trees in back ground look H.Rousseau-ish
7. Filippo Lippi c. 1452-53 Wood Panel in Tondo, "Coronation...."
8. Botticelli c. 1489 She says "Oh No, Not Me"
9. Hugo Van Der Goes c. 1474 Verso can't see it.
10. Leonardo c. 1475 She says "Let me think about it."
11. Garafolo 1481 - 1550 (in little room)
12. Veronese c. 1556 Very very big. Looks like it wasn't finished
13. Albertini 1474 - 1515 Small in Predella
14. Bartolomeo c. 1477 small in Vitrine..pale or color faded...exquisite
15. Memling? on back of panels with marriage of Pierantonio Baroncelli 1489 cannot see it.

In gift shop bought Phaidon book of Annunciations recommended by a fellow friend of the Annunciation.

It's 5:35 PM who knows what pleasures lie ahead. Buono Sera