Plates — Catholic Encyclopedia — Azione Romana

The full-page plates, printed on coated paper and numbered separately in each volume: photographs of works of art, places, manuscripts and ceremonies. Each plate also appears in the entry it illustrates.

Volume I A – Arn · 1948 · 143 plates

STATUE OF THE PROPHET HABAKKUK

Plate I Habacuc (Hebrew Hâbaqqûq; Septuagint: Ambakoum, confusing him with the character in Dan. 14:32)

Above: ABBEY OF MONTECASSINO, aerial view before the destruction. Below: ABBEY OF MARIA LAACH, general view.

Above: ABBEY OF POMPOSA, facade of the Church (12th cent.). Below: ABBEY OF FOSSANOVA, cloister (12th-13th cent.).

Plate III Abbey

STORIES OF CAIN AND ABEL

Plate IV Abel (Hebrew Hēbel; Septuagint Greek Ἀβέλ)

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SAME - Museums of Rome.

Plate V Abercius, Saint

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Volume II Arn – Bra · 1949 · 126 plates

(Int. Alimeri)

Plate I Arnolfo di Cambio

ONE OF THE FIGURES OF THE THIRSTY

Plate II Arnolfo di Cambio

Left: GOTHIC OSTENSORY (14th cent.). Benevento, cathedral.

Plate III Sacred Furnishings

(vol. m. 1911)

Plate IV Sacred Furnishings

Left: THE GOOD SHEPHERD (3rd cent.). Rome, Christian Museum of the Lateran.

Plate V Ancient Christian Art

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Volume III Bra – Col · 1949 · 135 plates

Left: THE ROTUNDA - Milan, Church of S. Satiro. Right: CLOISTER OF S. MARIA DELLA PACE - Rome.

Plate I Bramante, Donato

Left: CHURCH OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (18th cent.) - São João do Rey. Right: CHURCH OF N. S. DEL ROSARIO (18th cent.) - Bahia.

Plate II Brazil

Left: MONUMENT TO CARD. D'ALBRET (1465) - Rome, S. Maria d'Araceli. Right: MONUMENTAL ALTAR EDICULE, commissioned by Card. Rodrigo Borgia (1473) - Rome, S. Maria del Popolo, sacristy.

Plate III Bregno, Andrea

LIPSANOTHECA (4th cent.): - Above: Medallions of Christ and Apostles; two scenes of Jonah; the Canaanite woman; Christ teaching; pastoral scene; two scenes of Susanna and Daniel among the lions. - Below: Scenes of the Passion of Christ: Gethsemane, St. Peter and the servant girl of Pilate, Christ before Annas and Caiaphas and before Pilate - Museo Civico.

Plate IV Brescia, Diocese of

THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

Plate V Breviary

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Volume IV Col – Dya · 1950 · 132 plates

Above left: The ophthalmic and dental pavilion of the Regina Elena hospital - Asmara. Above right: Uebi Scebeli Dam and bottom outlets - Genale (Somalia). Below left: Villaggio Luigi di Savoia. Types of farmhouse - Cyrenaica. Below right: Villaggio Battisti, church and schools.

Plate I Colonization

INTERNAL FACADE OF THE PALAZZO COLONNA

Plate II Colonna, Family

BAPTISTERY OF S. GIOVANNI

Plate III Comacini, Masters

Above: LEAGUE BETWEEN THE FUORUSCITI OF THE WHITE PARTY AND THE GHIBELLINES TO RETURN TO FLORENCE - Biblioteca Vaticana - Cod. Vat. Chig. L. VII, 296, f. 153 r (14th cent.). Below: THE FLORENTINE PEOPLE WITHSTANDS THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE GHIBELLINE CAVALRY, led by Guido Novello, and forces the Ghibelline leaders to leave Florence - Biblioteca Vaticana - Cod. Vat. Chig. L. VIII, 296 f. 91 r (14th cent.).

Plate IV Commune

Above: COMMUNION OF THE APOSTLES: Distribution of the Bread. Miniature from the purple codex of Rossano (6th cent.) - Rossano, Treasury of the Cathedral.

Plate V Eucharistic Communion

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Volume V Ea – Gen · 1950 · 144 plates

ECCE HOMO. Painting by B. Juanes (16th cent.)

Plate I Ecce Homo

BEGINNING OF THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES

Plate II Ecclesiastes

Above: CHOIR IN CARVED WOOD (18th cent.) - Quito, Cathedral.

Plate III Ecuador

Left: EUCHARISTIC TABERNACLE IN THE FORM OF AN AEDICULE (early 16th cent.) - Ferentino, Cathedral.

Left: AEDICULE WITH THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, marble sculpture from the workshop of J. Sansovino (16th cent.) - Rome, Salita di S. Sebastianello.

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Volume VI Geni – Inna · 1951 · 128 plates

Above left: CUPID WHO LEANS A LADDER AGAINST A BRANCH OF A CHERRY TREE. Roman painting (1st cent.) from a Roman house of Villa Rospigliosi - Rome, Museo nazionale romano. Above right: CUPIDS WITH THE "PEDUM" AND RIBBONS. Detail of the frescoed vault of the hypogeum, called of the Flavians (2nd cent.) - Rome, Cemetery of Domitilla. Below left: FUNERARY GENIUS WITH INVERTED TORCH. Side of the sarcophagus of Salona (4th cent.) - Split, Museum. Below right: FUNERARY GENIUS WITH INVERTED TORCH. Sculpture by Wiligelmo on the facade of the Cathedral of Modena (12th cent.).

ST. JANUARIUS, martyr, in the attitude of an orant, between the deceased Nicatola, a girl, and Cominia. Fresco of the 5th cent. Naples, Catacombs of St. Januarius.

Plate II Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, Saint, Martyr, and Companions

CATHEDRAL OF ST. LAWRENCE

Plate III Genoa, Archdiocese of

MAP OF EUROPE by Albino de Canepa (1480) - Rome, Biblioteca nazionale.

Plate IV Geography

Above: THE EROSIVE ACTION OF THE SEA CAUSES THE CONTINUOUS FLAKING OF THE ROCKS

Plate V Geography

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Volume VII Inno – Mapp · 1951 · 142 plates

ALTARPIECE OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS.

Plate II Massacre of the Holy Innocents

INNOCENT III HANDS ST. BENEDICT THE PAPAL PRIVILEGE FOR SUBIACO.

Plate III Innocent III, Pope

BRONZE TOMB OF INNOCENT VIII. Work by A. Pollaiolo (1419) - Basilica of S. Pietro.

Plate IV Innocent VIII, Pope

(phot. Alinari)

Plate V Innocent X, Pope

PORTRAIT OF INNOCENT XI.

Plate VI Innocent XI, Pope

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Volume VIII Mara – Nz · 1952 · 136 plates

PORTRAIT OF CLEMENT IX.

Plate I Maratti, Carlo

EMBROIDERED COPE, GIFT OF NICHOLAS IV TO ASCOLI (1288-92) - Ascoli Piceno, Pinacoteca.

Plate II Marche

Above: ORNAMENTAL CENTRE OF A VAULT IN STUCCO by Federico Brandani (16th cent.) - Urbino, Palazzo ducale. Below: TRANSITO DELLA VERGINE. Panel by a Marchigian school (14th cent.) - Ancona, Pinacoteca.

Plate III Marche

Above and below: EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF ST. MARK. Mosaic of the late 12th cent. Venice, basilica of St. Mark. (phot. Anderson)

Plate IV Mark the Evangelist, Saint

Above: ST. MARGARET MARTYR. Episodes from her life. Master of St. Cecilia (early 14th cent.) - Montici, church of St. Margaret. Below: DEATH OF ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA. Painting by M. Benefial (first half of the 18th cent.) - Rome, church of St. Mary in Aracoeli.

Plate V Margaret, Saint

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Volume IX Oa – Pre · 1952 · 154 plates

Above: ACTORS: The Madonna; St. Joseph.

Plate I Oberammergau

Above: NATIVES GOING TO MASS, in a wooden chapel built in the bush - Village of the Solomon Islands. Below: DWELLINGS OF THE NASIOI, built on platforms to defend themselves from wild beasts. The plant surrounded by a trellis, on the right, marks the place of cremation of a corpse, which will be cut down at the end of the funeral rites, after years - Solomon Islands.

Plate III Oceania

FRONTISPIECE of the Bibliotheca cluniacensis. Paris 1614: it depicts the great abbots of Cluny: Odo, Maiolus, Odilo, Hugh and Peter the Venerable - Copy from the Vatican Library.

Plate IV Odo of Cluny, Saint

Above left: JEWISH TOMBS AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNT OF OLIVES - Jerusalem. Above right: MOUNT OF OLIVES. Eastern slope with the first stretch of the Jericho road. Below: MOUNT OF OLIVES and Mount Moriah (of the Temple), seen from the ancient Ophel.

Plate V Mount Olivet

BYZANTINE OMOPHORION with sacred scenes, in embroidery, probably of the 13th cent. Cross at top left: Nativity, Annunciation, Baptism. Cross at top right: Feast of All Saints, Transfiguration, Palms. Cross at bottom left: Crucifixion, Presentation, Dormitio Virginis. Cross at bottom right: Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost. At top right, under the cross: Image of Christ King of Kings. In the horizontal bands: The chariot of the glory of the triumphant Lord. Inscription, from left to right: «This o. belongs to the Most Sacred Metropolitan of Old Patras, more than Venerable, and Exarch of all Achaia, Don Theophanes in the year 7126 indiction 1st Apr. and of Christ 1618». This last date refers to the moment when the o. came into the possession of the Metropolitan of Patras - Grottaferrata, abbey - Treasury.

Plate VI Omophorion

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Volume X Pri – Sbi · 1953 · 144 plates

Above: PROCESSION OF CAMPIDANO (Oristano). Below: PROCESSION OF HOLY WEEK IN SEVILLE.

Plate II Procession

Left: TITLE PAGE OF THE 1ST ED. OF THE «CHRISTIANAE RELIGIONIS INSTITUTIO», by G. Calvin, Basel 1536, exhibited at the exhibition set up in the «Bibliothèque d'histoire du protestantisme français» (1952) - Paris. Right: THE PULPIT «DES ASSEMBLÉES AU DÉSERT EN POITOU», exhibited at the exhibition set up in the «Bibliothèque d'histoire du protestantisme français» (1952) - Paris.

Plate III Protestantism

Above left: PROTIRO of the basilica of S. Clemente (12th cent.) - Rome. Above right: PROTIRO of the church of S. Maria Maggiore, work by G. da Campione (1350) - Bergamo. Below left: PROTIRO of the Cathedral (12th cent.) - Piacenza. Below right: PROTIRO of the collegiate church of S. Quirico (13th cent.) Val d'Orcia.

Plate IV Prothyron

Left: PRUDENCE, sculpture by Agostino di Duccio (1461) - Perugia, church of S. Bernardino. Right: STATUE OF PRUDENCE on the monument to Card. Pietro Corsini. Work by Agostino Cornacchini (18th cent.) - Rome, basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano, Cappella Corsini.

Plate V Prudence

Above: TRULLI OF ALBEROBELLO. Below: DOLMEN, IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF BISCEGLIE.

Plate VI Apulia

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Volume XI Sca – Ter · 1953 · 161 plates

Above: VILLA DUODO, now Balbi-Valier, built on a design by V. Scamozzi - Monselice.

Plate I Scamozzi, Vincenzo

Above left: STAGE DESIGN OF A MONUMENTAL SQUARE. Drawing by G. B. Feranzi (1720-78). Above right: CLASSICAL STAGE DESIGN WITH SQUARE AND RUINS. Drawing by B. Feranzi (1481-1536) - Florence, Uffizi, Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe. Below left: SCENE FOR ACT I OF SIGFRIDO. Drawing by A. Appia (1862-1928). Below right: SCENE FOR THE KAFKA-GIDE TRIAL, at the Teatro dell'Università di Roma (1949). Drawing by E. Frampolini.

Plate II Scenography

Above: SCHOLA CANTORUM of the basilica of S. Sabina built or renovated under the pontificate of Eugene II (824-27), reconstructed with the original fragments in 1936 - Rome. Below: SCHOLA CANTORUM of the basilica of S. Maria in Cosmedin built under the pontificate of Callixtus II (1119-24), reconstructed with the original fragments in 1898 - Rome.

Plate III Schola Cantorum

Left: DEATH OF ST. SCHOLASTICA. Fresco of the 14th cent. - Subiaco, Sacro Speco. Right: MEDALLION WITH ST. SCHOLASTICA; below St. Benedict commands the raven to carry away the poisoned bread. Fresco by Maestro Consolo and assistants (13th cent.) - Subiaco, Sacro Speco, lower church.

Plate IV Scholastica, Saint

Above left: CRUCIFIXION with the standards bearing the scorpion, on white background, and the monogram SPQR. Miniature of Missal, attributed to Niccolò da Bologna (ca. 1350) - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. del Capitolo di S. Pietro 63 B, f. 189°. Above right: THE LIBERAL ARTS, with Dialectic at the centre distinguished by the scorpion. Detail of the fresco by S. Botticelli, depicting Lorenzo Tornabuoni presented by Minerva to the Liberal Arts (1486) - Paris, Louvre. Below: ASCENT TO CALVARY. The scorpion is reproduced on the white standard in the centre and on a rectangular banner of white cloth, hung on a trumpet. The purple standard of the Romans bears the noted monogram arranged in this way: RQPS. Fresco by Giacomo Jaquerio of Turin (first half of the 15th cent.) - S. Antonio di Ranverso, sacristy of the abbey church.

Plate V Scorpion

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Volume XII Tes – Zy · 1954 · 173 plates

Above left: THAI WOMAN AT WORK in fields where rice and teak are cultivated consecutively - Thailand. Above right: THRESHING RICE WITH BUFFALOES - Thailand. Below left: FISHING EQUIPMENT - Thailand. Below right: BOATS LOADED WITH RICE for milling - Thailand.

Plate I Thailand (formerly Siam)

Left: RELIEF REPRODUCING A SERVANT OF TIGLATH-PILESER with hands crossed in a sign of reverence. Right: RELIEFS FROM THE PALACE OF NIMRUD. Above: warriors return with prisoners and sheep from a conquered city; centre: cuneiform inscription; below: Tiglath-Pileser on the chariot.

Plate II Theglathphalasar III

Above: THE ABBEY CLOISTER (1160-75) - Thoronet.

Plate III Thoronet, Abbey of

Left: MONUMENT TO POPE PIUS VII - Basilica of St. Peter.

Plate IV Thorvaldsen, Bertel

Left: POPE WITH TIARA, to his right a bishop with mitre. Miniature from the Exultet no. 3 (12th cent.), preserved in the archive of the cathedral of Troia. Right: SIXTUS II WITH TIARA. The Pope hands over the treasures of the church to St. Lawrence. Detail of the frescoes by Beato Angelico in the chapel of Nicholas V (1448-49) - Vatican Apostolic Palace.

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