PIERO D'ARRIGO TEDESCO

Italian goldsmith, active in Pistoia in the 1380s. He worked on the enlargement of the Silver Altar of St James in Pistoia CathedralGLOSSARYThe principal church of a province or diocese, where the throne of the bishop is placed. For reasons lost to time and tradition, a cathedral always faces west - toward the setting sun. The altar is placed at the east end. The main body, or nave, of the cathedral is usually divided into one main and two side aisles. These lead up to the north and south transepts, or arms of the cross, the shape in which a cathedral is usually formed. in 1386. Biographical data are not available.