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SPELLO (anc. Hispellum, q.v.)

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SPELLO (anc. See also:Hispellum, q.v.) , a See also:town of See also:Umbria, in the See also:province of See also:Perugia, from which it is 22 M. S.E. by See also:rail, '030 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (19o'), 5571. It is picturesquely situated on the slope of a See also:mountain. The Cappella Baglioni in the See also:church of S. Maria See also:Maggiore contains some of See also:Pinturicchio's finest frescoes (15o,), " The See also:Annunciation," " The See also:Adoration " and " See also:Christ in the See also:Temple." The See also:rich background with See also:gold decoration in See also:relief is characteristic. There is also a See also:late See also:altar-piece by See also:Perugino (1521) and a See also:fine See also:early See also:Renaissance See also:canopy by Rocco da See also:Vicenza (1515). In the See also:sacristy is a crucifix in See also:silver by See also:Paolo Vanni of Perugia (1398). The See also:holy-See also:water See also:basin is formed of a sepulchral See also:cippus of the See also:Roman See also:period. S.

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Andrea contains a large altarpiece by Pinturicchio (1508), upon which a See also:letter from G. Baglioni to the artist is painted. See G. Urbini, in L'Arte (1897), ii. 367 sqq., (1898), iii. '6 sqq.

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