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This small temple [of the Holy Face in Lucca Cathedral] is extremely elegant. It was designed by Matteo Civitali in a composite style, both in terms of its proportions and its [modinature] and all the details that compose it, the ornaments with which it is decorated having been chosen with the finest taste from among the most beautiful and elegant examples of Roman architecture. (p. 143)
— ENRICO RIDOLFI