In the crossing vault of the Lower Church of San Francesco at Assisi, Giotto created an impressive culmination, both of the paintings there and of Franciscan iconography. Around the keystone with its representation of the Christ of the Apocalypse, the allegories of the three Franciscan virtues and St. Francis in Glory are painted in a radiant halo in the compartments of the vault.

The frescoes in the crossing vault, which are located above the main altar and the tomb of St Francis, hence the most prominent place available for fresco decorations in either the lower or the upper church, are the finest of all the frescoes in the lower church.

The frescoes in the crossing vault also established a new genre in contemporaneous mural painting, for these are the earliest monumental allegories that have survived from the age of Giotto.

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	Franciscan Allegories c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	825*1010 True Color 240 Kb
	Franciscan Allegories c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	800*916 True Color 198 Kb
	Franciscan Allegories: The Apotheosis of St Francis c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1087*1000 True Color 234 Kb
	The Apotheosis of St Francis (detail) c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	852*1100 True Color 239 Kb
	Franciscan Allegories: Allegory of Poverty c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1159*1000 True Color 233 Kb
	Allegory of Poverty (detail) c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1030*807 True Color 177 Kb
	Allegory of Poverty (detail) c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1000*1229 True Color 215 Kb
	Allegory of Poverty (detail) c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	950*931 True Color 188 Kb
	Franciscan Allegories: Allegory of Obedience c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1166*1000 True Color 244 Kb
	Allegory of Obedience (detail) c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	700*1207 True Color 155 Kb
	Allegory of Obedience (detail) c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1000*1293 True Color 224 Kb
	Franciscan Allegories: Allegory of Chastity c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1222*1000 True Color 246 Kb
	Allegory of Chastity (detail) c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1000*1290 True Color 248 Kb
	Allegory of Chastity (detail) c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	850*961 True Color 188 Kb
	Allegory of Chastity (detail) c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1030*812 True Color 150 Kb
	Apocalyptic Christ c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	848*1100 True Color 233 Kb
	Horseman of the Apocalypse c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1000*1569 True Color 218 Kb
	Horseman of the Apocalypse c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1000*1591 True Color 219 Kb
	Horseman of the Apocalypse c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1000*1580 True Color 243 Kb
	Horseman of the Apocalypse c. 1320 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi	1000*1503 True Color 223 Kb