But it's unclear whether Paterno's place in the Hall of Fame will go the way of his famed 900-pound bronze statute removed from the university earlier this week, a structure that once exuded a sense of permanence that greeted fans at Penn State.
In 1401, when he was just 24, Brunelleschi had gone after another prominent commission--for a set of bronze doors for the 7th-century Baptistery of San Giovanni, a striking octagonal structure just west of the cathedral.