Introduction: secular power and the sacred in the art of the central Italian city-state / Joanna Cannon -- The decoration of the west wall of the Sala del Mappamondo in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico / Thomas de Wesselow -- Reconstructing the programme of the tomb of Guido Tarlati, Bishop and Lord of Arezzo / Georgina Pelham -- The reliquary of the Holy corporal in the cathedral of Orvieto: patronage and politics / Giovanni Freni -- San Ranieri of Pisa: a civic cult and its expression in text and image / Lily Richards -- Coppo di Marcovaldo's Madonna del Bordone: political statement or profession of faith? / Gianna A. Mina -- 'Civitas virginis'? The significance of civic dedication the the Virgin for the development of Marian imagery in Siena before 1311 / Briget Heal.
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