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The History of the True Cross
The History of the True Cross or The Legend of the True Cross is a sequence of frescoes painted by Piero della Francesca in the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo. It is his largest work, and generally considered one of his finest, and an early Renaissance masterpiece.
Its theme, derived from the popular 13th century book on the lives of saints by Jacopo da Varagine, the "Golden Legend", is the triumph of the True Cross – the legend of the wood from
, "The Catholic World," Vol. CVI, October 1917/March 1918.
- "Gibbon and the True Cross," "Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review," Vol. 7, No. 26, Jun. 1918.
- "Gibbon and the Temporal Power," "Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review," Vol. 7, No. 27, Sep. 1918.
- "On the Word ‘Christianity’," "The Catholic World," Vol. CVII, April/