1.   American Indian art from the Pacific Northwest and ritual objects from the ancient Near East are stored, cheek by digital jowl, with medieval manuscripts and Renaissance frescoes.

2.   Then he moved to more elaborate geometric forms like cubes, pyramids and stars, colored with ink washes in hues vividly evocative of Renaissance frescos.

3.   Then with an engineer he headed for the local museum to check its precious Renaissance frescoes by Perugino and Benozzo Gozzoli.

4.   One part of the Basilica of St. Francis, with its precious early Renaissance frescoes, opened a week ago.

5.   The original quakes brought down sections of ceiling in the basilica, destroying early Renaissance frescoes.