131812How to See the Vatican1914Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
The Grotte Nuove of St. Peter's, showing the Confessio of Matteo Pollaiuolo on the right and the light shining from St. Peter's Tomb upon the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus.
HOW TO SEE THE
VATICAN
BY
DOUGLAS SLADEN
AUTHOR OF
"HOW TO SEE ITALY" "ORIENTAL CAIRO"
"SICILY, THE NEW WINTER RESORT"
"QUEER THINGS ABOUT JAPAN" ETC. ETC.
What the Vatican consists of. Being a specific classification and explanation, with a numbered plan, for the first time given in English, of all the vast building—the largest in the world—known as the Vatican, which comprises the Palace of the Popes, six chapels, a dozen courts, many museums, sculpture galleries, and loggie; the Borgia Apartments; Guard-rooms, factories, libraries, gardens, etc. etc.; the famous Vatican Picture Gallery, tapestries, crypts, etc. etc.
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Parts of the Vatican not generally shown to the public.
The Story of the Vatican Hill in ancient Roman times, when it was the farm from which Cincinnatus was called to be Dictator, and contained the Garden of Agrippina, the mother of Nero ; and the Circus where St. Peter and other Christians suffered martyrdom
A Description of Old St. Peter's, the great basilica founded by Constantine the Great, which existed for a thousand years before it was destroyed to make room for the present St. Peter's. Never before fully described in any English book
On the Remains of Old St. Peter's still preserved in Rome
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VII.
The Grotte Vaticane, or Crypt of St. Peter's; which contain the Tomb of St. Peter and the Tombs of the Popes, and Shrines from Old St. Peter's. The Grotte Nuove, North Portion
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VIII.
The Grotte Vecchie The eastern part of the Crypt
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IX.
The Grotte Nuove, south side
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X.
Nicholas v. and the Vatican: the Chapel of Nicholas v.
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XI.
The Vatican Library, with its thirty-five thousand manuscripts: Picture Gallery, Ancient Roman Frescoes, Christian and Profane Museums
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XII.
The Visits of Montaigne and Misson to the Vatican Library
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XIII.
Leo xiii. and the foundation of the New Leonine Library where the printed books are now kept
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XIV.
The Vatican Archives and the work of Cardinal Mai
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XV.
The Private Gardens of the Pope
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XVI.
The Pope's Coach-house: an Account of the old Cavalcata: the Vatican Workshops of Mosaics and Tapestries
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XVII.
Raffaelle's Tapestries
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XVIII.
The Paoline and Leonine Chapels and the Pope's Private Tapestry Rooms
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XIX.
The Sistine Treasury
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XX.
The Sacristy of St. Peter's
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XXI.
The Dome of St. Peter's
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XXII.
The Borgia Apartments
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XXIII.
The Etruscan Museum
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Index
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Grotte Nuove of St. Peter's. Showing the Confessio of Matteo Pollaiuolo on the right, and the light shining from St. Peter's Tomb upon the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Frontispiece
facing page
The Court of the Casino of Pius iv. in the Vatican Gardens
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The Dalmatic of Charlemagne in the Sacristy of St. Peter's
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facing page
Map of the Vatican
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Ground Plan of the Vatican
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From Pistolesi'sIl Vaticano Descritto ed Illustrato.
Charity. Carved by Mino da Fiesole for Paul ii.'s Mausoleum, now in the Grotte Nuove of St. Peter's Crypt
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Faith. By Mino da Fiesole, in the Grotte Nuove in St. Peter's Crypt
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facing page
Giovanni da Udine's Loggia before it was glazed
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From Pistolesi'sIl Vaticano.
The Fire in the Borgo, from the painting by Raffaelle in his Stanze. Showing the exterior of Old St. Peter's
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From Pistolesi'sIl Vaticano.
The Scala Regia of the Vatican. Designed by Bernini
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The famous Aldobrandini Wedding in the Vatican Library. The finest picture which has survived from Classical times
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St. Peter's and the Vatican. The top wing on the right hand contains the apartments of the Pope
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From Pistolesi'sIl Vaticano.
The Piazza of St. Peter's as it is to-day ; on the right, above the Colonnade, is the Palace of the Vatican, the right wing of which contains the apartments of the Pope
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Panvinio's Plan showing the relation of Nero's Circus to St. Peter's, and Hadrian's Circus to his Tomb, now the Castle of Sant' Angelo
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From Pistolesi'sIl Vaticano.
The Circus of Nero, where St. Peter was executed, as reconstructed by G. Fontana
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From Pistolesi'sIl Vaticano.
facing page
The Crucifixion of St. Peter by Giotto now in the Sacristy of St. Peter's. The earliest known work of art in which the Tomb of Romulus and the Tomb of Caius Cestius are shown as the Duae Metae
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From Pistolesi'sIl Vaticano.
Sarcophagus of Nicolas v. in the Grotte Vecchie of St. Peter's Crypt. The carvings of Mino da Fiesole in the Crypt belonged to the Mausoleum over it
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The Courtyard of S. Damaso before the arcades were glazed by Pius ix. Drawn and engraved by G. Fontana. The apartments of the Pope occupy the right wing
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From Pistolesi'sIl Vaticano.
The Court of S. Damaso since Pius ix. glazed its arcades. The Pope's apartments are to the right, where the carriage is standing
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facing page
The Pavilion of the Casino of Pius iv. in the Vatican Gardens
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The Ceiling of the Sala Regia
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Giampietro Chattard's Plan of St. Peter's and its Portico
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From Pistolesi'sIl Vaticano.
Exterior of Old St. Peter's, Rome. Reproduced by permission from the British Museum Guide to the Early Christian and Byzantine Antiquities
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The Grotte Vecchie of St. Peter's Crypt. Showing the Sarcophagus of the Old Pretender on the extreme right, and the urn containing the praecordia of Pius ix. next to it
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Filippo Bonanni's reconstruction of the Basilica of Constantine
