A new decoration of the lower church in Assisi was undertaken connected to the first centenary of the death of St Francis. Franciscan authors attribute the fresco cycle on the ceiling of the north transept to Giotto. However, this attribution is not accepted by the majority of critics, they are thought to have been executed by collaborators and followers.

The fresco cycle on one side consists of large scenes from the life of the Virgin and the childhood of Christ separated by decorative bands with busts of prophets, while the other side represents scenes from the Passion of Christ. The west wall is occupied by scenes representing the Miracle of St Francis in Sessa (in two parts) and the Annunciation.

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	View of the north transept (1) 1315-20 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	View of the north transept (2) 1315-20 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	Vault of the north transept (3) 1315-20 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	Vault of the north transept (3) 1315-20 Fresco Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	The Visitation 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	Nativity 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	The Adoration of the Magi 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	Presentation of Christ in the Temple 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	The Massacre of the Innocents 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	The Flight into Egypt 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	Return of Christ to Jerusalem 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	Christ Among the Doctors 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	Crucifixion 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	The Death of the Boy in Sessa 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	Raising of the Boy in Sessa 1315-20 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi
	St Francis Points to Death c. 1320 Fresco North transept, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi