Excerpt from The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Vol. 2 of 2 Clement VII., fulfilled his last wishes by transfer ring them to Florence, and providing the stately receptacle in which they still repose. The task assigned to Michelangelo, when. He planned the library, was not so simple as that of the new sacristy. Some correspondence took place before the west side of the cloister was finally decided on. What is awkward in the approach to the great staircase must be ascribed to the diffi culty of fitting this building into the old edifice; and probably, if Michelangelo had carried out the Whole work, a worthier entrance from the piazza into the loggia, . And from the loggia into the vesti bule, might have been devised. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.