Scan 173
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
6 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Rosary, in the parish of St. Matthews." The omission of the name of the church wherein this chapel stood has led to the belief that the precise spot where the mortal remains of Stradiuarius rest was unknown. Signor Sacchi finds that the his-
31 Church of St. Domenicus. 2 Chapel of the Rosary. 3 Tomb of Stradivari. 4 Church of St. Matthews (since 1820 the Post Office, the Church having been profaned in 1808 by the French). 5 House of Stradivari. 6 House of Guarneri. 7 House of Amati (quite rebuilt). 8 Convent of St. Domenicus (now Barracks). 9 Tower of the Church of St. Domenicus. 10 Sacristy of the Church of St. Domenicus.
5torians of Cremona (but especially Panini, in his "Report on the Churches of Cremona, 1762") mention that the Church of St. Domenico was in the parish of St. Matthews, and that the only chapel known by the name of "The Rosary" was the third on the right entering the Church of St. Domenico.
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