Chap. V. LORENZO DA VITERBO. 137 same rude hand, and the influence of Gozzoli. 1 But we need not be surprised at this; because Lorenzo is pro bably the author of a series representing incidents from the lives of S. Bernardino and S. Anthony, in S. Fran cesco of Montefalco. 2 1 Below the Annunciation is the inscription: “Hoc opus fecit fieri Antonius Jacobi MCCCCLV”. 2 The life of S. Bernardino is illustrated on one, that of S. An thony on the other, side of the cha pel. In a lunette, Christ is cruci fied in the presence of the Virgin and Evangelists. In the ceiling are the symbols of the four Evan gelists. The lunette shows the spread of Benozzo’s influence; the other frescos reveal the extent to which the examples of Piero della Francesca were studied even by painters who could only cari cature his types and exaggerate his defects. The series under no tice is inferior to that of S. M. della Vcritii, but the hand is appa rently the same; and on the base below a fresco of a miracle by S. Bernardino are the ciphers of the date MCCCCLXL