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GUAYMAS, or See also:SAN JosE DE GUAYMAS, a seaport of See also:Mexico, in the See also:state of Sonora, on a small See also:bay opening into the Gulf of See also:California a few See also:miles W. of the mouth of the Yaqui See also:river, in See also:lat. 270 58' N., See also:long. 110° 58' W. Pop. (1900) 8648. The See also:harbour by the See also:emperor. In 1203 it had its first See also:podesta, and from this See also:period See also:dates the rise of its importance. In 1387, after various See also:political changes, it surrendered to See also:Antonio da Montefeltro of See also:Urbino, and remained under the dominion of the See also:dukes of Urbino until, in 1624, the whole duchy was ceded to the See also:pope. See also:Gubbio was the birthplace of Oderisio, a famous See also:miniature painter (1240–1299), mentioned by See also:Dante as the See also:honour of his native See also:town (Purg. xi. 8o " l' onor d'Agobbio "), but no See also:authentic See also:works by him exist. In the 14th and 15th centuries a See also:branch of the Umbrian school of See also:painting flourished here, the most famous masters of which were Guido Palmerucci (1280–1345?) and several members of the Nelli See also:family, particularly Ottaviano (d. 1444), whose best See also:work is the " Madonna del See also:Belvedere " in S.

Maria Nuova at Gubbio (1404), extremely well preserved, with See also:

bright colouring and See also:fine details. Another work by him is the See also:group of frescoes including a large " Last See also:Judgment," and scenes from the See also:life of St See also:Augustine, in the See also:church of S. See also:Agostino, discovered in 1902 under a coating of whitewash. These painters seem to have been influenced by the contemporary masters of the Sienese school. Gubbio occupies a far more important See also:place in the See also:history of See also:majolica. In a See also:decree of 1438 a vasarius vasorum pictorum is mentioned, who probably was not the first of his See also:trade. The See also:art was brought to perfection by Giorgio Andreoli, whose See also:father had emigrated hither from See also:Pavia, and who in 1498 became a See also:citizen of Gubbio. The works by his See also:hand are remarkable for their See also:ruby tint, with a beautiful metallic lustre; but only one small tazza remains in Gubbio itself. His art was carried on by his sons, Cencio and Ubaldo, but was afterwards lost, and only recovered in 18J3 by See also:Angelico Fabbri and See also:Luigi Carocci. Two miles outside Porta Metauro to the N.E. is the Bottaccione, a large See also:water See also:reservoir, constructed in the 12th or 14th See also:century; the water is collected in the See also:bed of a stream by a massive See also:dam. See A. Colasanti, Gubbio (See also:Bergamo, 1905) ; L.

McCracken, Gubbio (See also:

London, 1905). (T.

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