Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ... donna, ' ib.; Madonna della Co- lonna, 334; South-Eastern Angle: Capella Clementina; Sarcophagus of Gregory the Great, ib.; Monu- ment of Alexander VII., 335; Northern Extremity of the Transept, 336; Central Altar (Altare di S. Processo e Martiniano), ib.; West- ern Altar (Altare di S. Erasmo), ib.; Eastern Altar (Altare di S. Wenceslao), 337; North-Western Angle; Capella di S. Michele, ib.; North-Eastern Angle: Capella Gre- goriana; Madonna del Soccorso; remains of S. Gregorius Nazian- xenus, ih.; Monument of Benedict XIV., 338; of Clement XIII., ib.; Genius of Death and pair of lions of Canova, 339; Eastern side of the Transept: Monument of Pius VII., 340; Western Side of the Transept: Monument of Leo I. (" the Great"); bass-relief of Apparitiou of S. Peter and S. Paul to Attila, 341; sarco- phagus of Leo I., 342; Monument of Leo XII.; of Alexander VIII., t'6.; of Clement X., 343; Altare di S. Petronilla, 344; Baldachino, or Canopy of the High Altar, 345: not precisely iu the middle of the Transept, ib.; the deviation cor- roborative of the testimony of his- tory and tradition respecting the place of S. Peter's sepulchre, 346; the High Altar, Hi.: confessional of S. Peter, 347; statue of Pius VI., ib.; pediment of white marble, 348; gilded bronze statues of S. Peter and S. Paul; perpetual illumination of the Apostle's tomb, ib.; the Crypt ("Grotte Vaticane"), ib.; the en- trance, 349; the altars; the sarco- phagi of Popes and royal personages, ib.; bass-reliefs, &c, belonging to the ancient basilica. 350; Tomb and Shrine of S. Peter, 351; the Dome, t'6.; the Choir, 353; bronze Statues of four Fathers of the Church, &c, i'6.; the "Cattedra,"orreliqueof the Episcopal Chair of S. Peter, 354; Monument of Paul III., 355; bronze garment...
