Book excerpt: Excerpt from Description of the Exterior and Interior of the Cathedral of Milan The two statues, which complete the ornament of this pillar, have been executed the one, representing St. Matthew by Giacomo de Maria di Bologna: the other, figuring St. Simon, by Antonio Rusca. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.