SPELLO (anc.

See also:

• HISPELLUM (mod. Spello, q.v.)

Hispellum, q.v.)  , a town of Umbria, in the province of Perugia, from which it is 22 M . S.E. by rail, '030 ft. above sea-level . Pop . (19o'), 5571 . It is picturesquely situated on the slope of a mountain . The Cappella Baglioni in the church of S . Maria Maggiore contains some of Pinturicchio's finest frescoes (15o,), " The Annunciation," " The Adoration " and " Christ in the Temple." The rich background with gold decoration in relief is characteristic . There is also a late altar-piece by Perugino (1521) and a fine early Renaissance canopy by Rocco da Vicenza (1515) . In the sacristy is a crucifix in silver by Paolo Vanni of Perugia (1398) . The holy-water basin is formed of a sepulchral cippus of the Roman period . S . Andrea contains a large altarpiece by Pinturicchio (1508), upon which a letter from G .

Baglioni to the artist is painted . See G . Urbini, in L'Arte (1897), ii . 367 sqq., (1898), iii . '6 sqq .