'The Ring and the Book.' Assisi. View from Assisi, over the valley. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the valley, planted out with vineyards, with an imposing church (Santa Maria degli Angeli?) in the distance.
'The Ring and the Book.' Florence. Piazza of S. Lorenzo. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View taken from the back of the Riccardi Palace (Palazzo Medici) looking towards the Church of San Lorenzo, with the domes of the Medici Chapel and the Sagrestia Nuova (New Sacristy) beyond.
'The Ring and the Book.' Perugia. Perugia from the road below. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view from the highway, looking across the valley towards Perugia on the skyline beyond. With olive groves and market gardens in the foreground.
'The Ring and the Book.' Florence. Via Maggio from Trinity Bridge. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography 'This view shows the whole length of the Via Maggio, which begins where the little Piazza Frescobaldi — in the foreground — contracts. Casa Guidi [Browning's lodgings], is no. 9 in this street and is the corner house on the right — the last house on the ri...
'The Ring and the Book.' Florence. Via Arcivescovado. Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the street: 'This ran from the Via Carretani to the Mercato Vecchio, and is a direct continuation of the Borgo S. Lorenzo leading from the Piazza (200 yards away) where the [yellow old square] Book was bought. Browning walked home this w...
The 'Square old yellow book.' Photographer: Griffin, William Hall
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View of the front cover and spine of the book purchased by Browning in 1860, which records the Roman murder case that formed the basis of 'The Ring and the Book.' With an incomplete note in Hall Griffin's hand.