During the early part of the Renaissance, this monastery was known for the high-quality manuscripts and other works created by its scriptorium.
[a] Strongly tied to most powerful families of Florentine society, the monks took part in the artistic flourishing in the city in that era, and they were able to produce works in the High Gothic art of the Sienese School.
He kept this title, despite the fact that he chose not to take religious vows as a monk, and returned to secular life.
Among these was a lengthy and solemn procession, held on specific feast days, that took the community to every altar and altarpiece in the monastic complex.
The culmination of this procession came to be the extraordinary high altarpiece produced by Lorenzo Monaco in 1413, the Coronation of the Virgin, which summarized the entire program of monastic imagery.