SPINELLO ARETINO
(b. ca. 1345, Arezzo, d. 1410, Arezzo)

View of the Sacristy from the northeast

1388
Fresco
Sacristy, San Miniato al Monte, Florence

This view shows the part of the south wall and the west walls.

The scenes on the south wall are The Miracle of the Sieve (top, scene 2 of the cycle) and the Funeral of St Benedict (bottom, scene 16).

The scenes on the west wall are The Monk Romanus Dresses St Benedict in Subiaco; Romanus Provides St Benedict with Bread in his Cave, Which the Devil Tries to Prevent (top left, scene 3), A Priest Invites St Benedict to Easter Dinner (top right, scene 4). Restoring to Life of a Monk Who Had Died When the Devil Caused a Wall to Collapse during the Building of the Church at Montecassino (bottom left, scene 13), St Benedict Flagellates a Monk Whom the Devil, in the Form of an Ape, Had Enticed Away from Mass (bottom right, scene 9).