Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plates · Volume X (1953)

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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 Above left: SIDE PORTAL OF THE CHURCH OF S. LEONARDO (12th cent.) - S. Leonardo. Plate VII Apulia Left: DETAIL OF THE BRONZE DOOR OF THE CATHEDRAL (1119) - Troia. Right: RELIQUARY OF THE HOLY CROSS. Metal cross with Limousin enamels and carved wood case (13th cent.) - Barletta, church of the Holy Sepulchre. Plate VIII Apulia Above left: AMBO IN GREEK VEINED MARBLE (6th cent.) - Ravenna, church of S. Apollinare Nuovo. Above right: PULPIT of the 12th cent. - Palermo, Cappella Palatina. Below left: PULPIT, carved by Fra Giacomo (12th cent.). - Abbey of S. Clemente a Casauria, Torre de' Passeri. Below right: PULPIT, work by Rossellino (15th cent.) - Prato, Cathedral. Plate IX Pulpit Left: PRESENTATION OF JESUS AT THE TEMPLE. Miniature from the Sacramentary of Ivrea commissioned by Bishop Warmund (10th cent.) - Ivrea, Biblioteca Capitolare, f. 32. Centre: PRESENTATION OF JESUS AT THE TEMPLE. Detail of the pulpit in S. Maria Novella (15th cent.) - Florence. Right: THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS AT THE TEMPLE. Miniature from the Breviary of René of Lorraine (late 15th cent.) - Paris, Bibliothèque du Petit Palais, ms. 42, f. 138. Plate X Purification Above: THE IMPERIAL EXCUBITORIUM converted into the oratory of the Forty Martyrs - Rome, church of S. Maria Antiqua. Below: SYMBOLIC TRANSFIGURATION. 8th-century painted decoration on the eastern wall of the oratory of the Forty Martyrs, to the left of the apse - Rome, church of S. Maria Antiqua. Plate XI Forty Martyrs Of Sebaste Left: STONE HOUSE AT VARENNES. Right: FACADE OF THE CHAPEL CALLED «DE PROCESSION», a station on the occasion of processions, built ca. 1735 - Neuville. Plate XII Quebec, Archdiocese Of Above: AERIAL VIEW OF LAVAL UNIVERSITY - Québec. Below: MAIN FACADE OF THE PARLIAMENT (1883-86). In front of the building the monument to Mercier - Québec. Plate XIII Quebec, Archdiocese Of Above left: PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA - Quito. Above right: COURTYARD OF THE UNIVERSITY Plate XIV Quito, Archdiocese of Above: THE ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL WITH TOBIAS. Central part of a triptych of Florentine art (late 15th cent.) - Florence, church of S. Maria Novella. Below: THE ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL AND TOBIAS. Painting by G. Savoldo (16th cent.) - Rome, Galleria Borghese. Plate XV Raphael, Saint THE MADONNA KNOWN AS OF FOLIGNO. Painting by Raphael - Vatican, Pinacoteca. Plate XVI Raphael Sanzio (originally Santi, family from Colbordolo) Above: THE KNIGHT'S DREAM - London, National Gallery. Plate XVII Raphael Sanzio (originally Santi, family from Colbordolo) Left: PORTRAIT OF AGNOLO DONI - Florence, Palazzo Pitti. Centre: THE PROPHET ISAIAH. Plate XVIII Raphael Sanzio (originally Santi, family from Colbordolo) Above: EXTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL of Ragusa (1706-60). Below: CHURCH OF THE ANNUNZIATA. Rebuilt in 1772, on the site of a Romanesque church, to a design by G. B. Cascione of Palermo - Comiso. Plate XIX Ragusa, Diocese of Above: PANORAMA. Below left: EXTERIOR OF THE PALAZZO DEI RETTORI (15th cent.). Below right: THE FOUNTAIN OF ONOFRIO. Work by Onofrio di Giordano (1438). The dome was added after the earthquake of 1667. On the right the church of S. Salvatore (1520). Plate XX Ragusa, Diocese of Left: FACADE OF THE CHAPEL OF THE HOSPITAL OF S. GALLICANO - Rome. Above right: SMALL PALACES IN PIAZZA S. IGNAZIO - Rome. Below right: FACADE OF THE HOSPITAL OF S. GALLICANO - Rome. Plate XXI Raguzzini, Filippo Left: CHAPEL OF THE APPARITION. Design by A. Biagini (1951) - Rome, church of S. Andrea delle Fratte. Right: THE VIRGIN APPEARS TO ALPHONSE RATISBONNE on 20 Jan. 1842 - Rome, church of S. Andrea delle Fratte. Plate XXII Ratisbona (Brothers) DETAIL OF THE BRONZE DOOR of 1179 - Ravello, Cathedral. Plate XXIII Ravello Above: SARCOPHAGUS KNOWN AS OF S. ESUPERANZIO, front part - Ravenna, Basilica metropolitana. Plate XXIV Ravenna, Archdiocese of Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. VITALE (547) - Ravenna. Above right: CATHEDRAL AND BAPTISTERY. The reconstruction of the Cathedral was completed in 1743. The dome is by Giuseppe Pistocchi (1782). The Baptistery is of the 5th cent. - Ravenna. Below left: DANTE AREA AND CHURCH OF S. FRANCESCO - Ravenna. Below right: CLOISTER of the former Abbey of S. Vitale (16th cent.), now National Museum - Ravenna. Plate XXV Ravenna, Archdiocese of Above: MOSAICS OF THE ORATORY OF S. ANDREA, built by Peter II, whose monogram is seen in the frieze of the arch (6th cent.) - Ravenna, Archiepiscopal Palace. Below: THE «PALATIUM». Detail of the mosaic in S. Apollinare Nuovo (6th cent.) - Ravenna. Plate XXVI Ravenna, Archdiocese of Left: INTERIOR OF THE BAPTISTERY. Mosaics and stuccoes of the late 5th cent. - Ravenna. Centre: THE VIRGIN ORANT. Mosaic of 1112, from the apse of the Basilica Ursiana - Ravenna, Archiepiscopal Palace. Right: FRESCOES of the mid-14th cent., by artists of Rimini. In the arch: at the centre Jesus; on the right the Antichrist ordering the killing of Christians; on the left the angels striking the Antichrist; below the blessed and the damned - Ravenna, church of S. Maria in Porto fuori, presbytery. Plate XXVII Ravenna, Archdiocese of 1. BALTID TYPE (Latvian); 2. NORDID TYPE (from Östergötland); 3. ALPID TYPE (from Dresden); 4. ADRIATID TYPE (from Emilia); 5. MEDITERRANID TYPE (from Campania); 6. INDID TYPE (Telugu); 7. TUNGID TYPE (Tungus); 8. SINID TYPE (from South China); 9. SOUTH MONGOLID TYPE (Palaung). Plate XXVIII Human Races 1. SUDANID TYPE (Banda); 2. PYGMIE TYPE (Pygmy from Ituri); 3. STEATOPYGIE TYPE (Hottentot); 4. AUSTRALID TYPE (Australian); 5. MELANESID TYPE (from New Caledonia); 6. VEDDID TYPE (from Nilgala); 7. ESKIMID TYPE (Eskimo); 8. SONORID TYPE (from Tiburon); 9. FUEGID TYPE (Fuegian). Plate XXIX Human Races Above left: REFECTORY OF THE CERTOSA DI PAVIA (ca. 1450). On the left, the reading pulpit, work of the school of B. Briosco. Plate XXX Refectory CHRIST AND MARY WITH THE ROYAL INSIGNIA IN THE GLORY OF PARADISE. Fresco by Nardo di Cione, Strozzi Chapel (late 14th cent.) - Florence, church of S. Maria Novella. Plate XXXI Regalità Di Cristo E Di Maria Above left: PANORAMA of Reggio Calabria. Above right: PIAZZA DE NAVA AND NATIONAL MUSEUM - Reggio Calabria. Plate XXXII Reggio Calabria, Archdiocese of Above left: FACADE OF THE ANCIENT ROMANESQUE CHURCH OF S. MARIA, from the Matildic era (in the state prior to the wartime destruction of 1944) - Toano. Above right: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARIA (in the state prior to the wartime damage of 1944) - Toano. Below left: PALAZZETTO DEL CAPITANO DEL POPOLO (1281) restored in 1931 - Reggio Emilia. Below right: LOWER PART OF THE FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL. Covered with marbles by Prospero Spani in 1544 - Reggio Emilia. Plate XXXIII Reggio Emilia, Diocese of Left: PAGE OF ORIGINAL PAPER REGISTER OF CLEMENT VI, with acts of 1343, crossed out after transcription - Archivio segreto Vaticano, Reg. Vat. 214, f. 399ᵛ. Right: PAGE OF PARCHMENT REGISTER OF CLEMENT VI, with acts of 1342-43 copied from the paper originals. The act marked at the right margin with a vertical line and the annotation «(st) enim de anno s(e)(un)do et ibi e(st) se(r)ipta» reproduces that recorded in the upper part of the left figure - Archivio segreto Vaticano, Reg. Vat. 155, f. 128ᵛ. Plate XXXIV Papal Registers Die L. Reiss, Carl galipar, Parigi v. a., Iavr. 38 e 43 Plate XXXV Reims, Archdiocese of Above left: RELIQUARY BOX. In the tympanum St. Gondulf; in the enamel quatrefoil Truth at the centre, and on the sides Justice, Charity, Faith and Hope (ca. 1160-70) - Brussels, Musée royal d'art et d'histoire. Above centre: RELIQUARY ARM IN SILVER AND ENAMELS (13th cent.) - Tournai, Exposition d'art religieux 1949. Above right: RELIQUARY IN THE FORM OF AN AEDICULA in gilded and enamelled copper. The foot is interrupted by a cubic knot with four medallions, in which Samson and the lion are depicted, in relief on a background of blue enamel (13th cent.) - Reims, Cathedral, Treasury. Below left: OSTENSORY RELIQUARY (15th cent.) - Liège, church of S. Giacomo. Below centre: RELIQUARY BUST OF ST. LUKE (15th cent.) - Basilica di S. Pietro, Treasury. Above right: OSTENSORY RELIQUARY WITH RELIC OF THE HOLY CROSS (18th cent.) - Heiligenkreuz. Plate XXXVI Reliquary Above left: RELIQUARY CASKET in ivory (12th cent.) - Biblioteca Vaticana, Museo sacro. Above right: RELIQUARY CASKET in wood inlaid with ivory and enamels. Moorish art (12th-13th cent.) - Tortosa (Tarragona), Cathedral. Below left: RELIQUARY CHEST OF ST. GIO-CONDO, bishop of Aosta, begun in 1613, finished in 1615 - Aosta, Cathedral. Below right: RELIQUARY URN OF ST. BERNARD CALVO. Work by Juan Matons (18th cent.) - Vich, Cathedral. Plate XXXVII Reliquary From left to right: RELIQUARY BOX in wood with Byzantine paintings (10th-11th cent.). Detail - Biblioteca Vaticana, Museo sacro. RELIQUARY OF ST. LAWRENCE (17th cent.) - Florence, church of S. Lorenzo. RELIQUARY OF THE RING OF THE B. VIRGIN. Work by F. Rossetto (16th cent.) - Perugia, Tesoro del Duomo. RELIQUARY OF INDIGENOUS ART (French Africa) - Rome, Mostra missionaria 1950. Plate XXXVIII Reliquary Above: THE GOOD SAMARITAN - Paris, Louvre. Below: THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS - Paris, Louvre. Plate XXXIX Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmenszogn Van Rijn or Van Rijn) Left: CRUCIFIX - Rome, church of S. Lorenzo in Lucina. Right: APPARITION OF THE VIRGIN TO ST. PHILIP NERI - Rome, church of S. Maria in Vallicella. Plate XL Reni, Guido (by concession of the Istituto centrale del restauro - Rome) Plate XLI Restoration By concession of the Istituto centrale del restauro - Rome. Plate XLII Restoration Left: RETABLO of the high altar of La Seo. Work by Pere Johan, Hans de Suabia and Gil Morlanes (15th cent.) - Zaragoza. Right: RETABLO of the main chapel in the cathedral, finished in 1504. Work by the architects Enrique Egas and Pedro Gunicl, and the sculptors Copin de Holanda, Sebastian de Almonacid and Felipe Bigarny - Toledo. Plate XLIII Retablo Left: MONUMENT TO CARD. PIETRO RIARIO by Andrea Bregno. The Virgin and Child is by Mino da Fiesole - Rome, church of SS. Apostoli. Right: WINDOW WITH BALCONY OF THE PALAZZO DELLA CANCELLERIA (1483-1511) with the arms of the Riario family - Rome. Plate XLIV Riario, Family Above: ALTAR FRONTAL EMBROIDERED IN CORAL (17th cent.) - Palermo, church of S. Giuseppe dei Teatini. Plate XLV Embroidery Above: EMBROIDERED MANTLE - Vienna, Imperial Treasury. Below left: THE VISITATION. Embroidery executed after a design by A. del Pollaiolo (15th cent.) - Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. Below right: THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. Cover of an Evangeliary embroidered in silk and gold (17th cent.) - Orvieto, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. Plate XLVI Embroidery THE CHINESE WORLD MAP OF FR. MATTEO RICCI (3rd ed. Beijing, 1602) preserved at the Biblioteca Vaticana. Section reproducing central Europe, Asia Minor and north-eastern Africa. Plate XLVII Ricci, Matteo Above left: AUTUMN AND WINTER. Detail of the relief on the second arch of the portal of St. Mark's (early 13th cent.) - Venice. Above right: JESUS THE WORKER. Work by Enrico Manfrini (1951). At the "Pro Civitate Christiana" in Assisi. Below left: STONING OF ST. EMERENTIANA. Work by E. Ferrata (ca. 1670) - Rome, church of St. Agnes in Piazza Navona. Below right: THE KILLING OF ABEL. Sculpture by Jacopo della Quercia (15th cent.). Panel of the main door of the basilica of St. Petronius - Bologna. Plate XLVIII Relief Above: PARISH CHURCH OF VERUCCHIO, dedicated to Sts. Francis and Martin (11th cent., rebuilt in 1865-74). Plate XLIX Rimini, Diocese of Above: SECTION OF A COFFERED DOME. Autograph drawing by Piero della Francesca (15th cent.) - Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, C. 1576. Plate L Renaissance Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE DRUM OF THE DOME OF ST. MARY OF THE FLOWER, by F. Brunellesco (ca. 1425) - Florence. Above right: DETAIL OF THE MAUSOLEUM OF ST. CELESTINE V, work by Silvestro di Giacomo called dell'Aquila (1500-1505) - Aquila, church of St. Mary of Collemaggio. Below: PERSPECTIVE WOOD INLAYS (15th cent.). Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro - Urbino, Ducal Palace. Plate LI Renaissance Left: RISEN CHRIST trampling the devil, according to Byzantine iconography (15th cent.) - Pinacoteca Vaticana. Plate LII Resurrection of Jesus Christ Plate LIII Plate LIII Rites, Question of the Above left: PORTRAIT OF THE GIANT CORNELIO MAGRAT, by P. Longhi (1757) - Venice, Museo Correr. Above right: PORTRAIT OF PRINCE CAMILLO BORGHESE, painted by F. Gérard (early 19th cent.) - Rome, Palazzo Borghese. Below left: PORTRAIT OF HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND at the age of 49. Painting by H. Holbein (16th cent.) - Rome, Galleria nazionale d'arte antica. Below right: PORTRAIT OF LIONELLO D'ESTE. Ferrarese school (15th cent.) - London, National Gallery. Plate LIV Portrait Above left: RITUAL OF ST. FLORIAN (12th cent.); the ms. begins with the rite of the Candlemas procession. Above right: MANUALE CURATORUM, copied in 1540 for the parish of Courmayeur (Aosta) by the parish priest Jeninus Ferein - Aosta, Biblioteca del Seminario maggiore. Below left: TITLE PAGE OF THE BAPTISMALE, published in Venice in 1546 - Copy in the Biblioteca Vaticana. Below right: TITLE PAGE OF THE AMBROSIAN "SACRAMENTARIUM", Milan 1560 - Copy in the Biblioteca Vaticana. Plate LV Roman Ritual Left: TWO-COLOURED STONE FACING, on the facade of the church of St. Mary in Casale, erected at the beginning of the 14th century by Philip of Anjou - Brindisi. Right: Baroque MARBLE FACINGS after a design by C. Fontana (17th cent.). Wall of the Cibo chapel with the monument to Card. Alderano Cibo - Rome, church of St. Mary of the People. Plate LVI Vestments Above: DEATH OF ST. ROCH by J. Tintoretto (16th cent.) - Venice, church of St. Roch. Below left: ST. SEBASTIAN AND ST. ROCH. Panel by Domenico Ghirlandaio (15th cent.) - Pisa, Museo civico. Below right: ST. ROCH AND THE ANGEL. Fresco by B. Luini (first quarter of the 16th cent.), in the sanctuary of the Madonna dei Miracoli - Saronno. Plate LVII Rocco, Saint Above left: DECORATION of the Library of Palazzo Sagredo (18th cent.) - Venice. Above right: DECORATION in majolica with Chinese-style motifs (18th cent.) - Naples, Palazzo di Capodimonte. Below left: QUEEN'S TOILET (18th cent.) - Turin, Royal Palace. Below right: KNEELER WITH BALDACHIN (1750) - Einsiedeln, Abbey. Plate LVIII Rococo Above left: THE WAY OF THE CROSS on Mount Fileremo - Rhodes. Above right: THE CATHEDRAL, rebuilt on the forms of that destroyed in 1856 - Rhodes. Below left: SANCTUARY on Mount Fileremo - Rhodes. Below right: BASTION OF ST. GEORGE OR OF ALVERNIA (age of the Knights) - Rhodes. Plate LIX Rhodes Above: OLDEST PART OF THE FORUM, in the background the Tabularium. Plate LX Rome Above: SUOVETAURILIA. Relief from the age of Tiberius, formerly in Palazzo S. Marco - Paris, Louvre Museum. Centre: ARA DEI VICOMAGISTRI, found under the Palazzo della Cancelleria. Detail with the Vicomagistri and the Camilli carrying the statuettes of the Lares and of the Genius of the Emperor from the age of the Flavians - Musei Vaticani. Below: TRAJAN SACRIFICING TO JUPITER - Benevento, arch of Trajan. Plate LXI Rome Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. NEREUS AND ACHILLEUS. 9th cent., restored in 1997. Above right: SQUARE OF THE CONVENT OF ST. JOHN AND PAUL. The church is 5th cent., restored in the 12th cent. The facade was revealed by the restorations of 1949. Below left: NARTHEX OF THE ANCIENT BASILICA OF ST. CLEMENT - Rome. Below right: ATRIUM OF THE BASILICA OF ST. LAWRENCE OUTSIDE THE WALLS (after the restorations of 1949) with 13th-cent. frescoes and a plaque to Pius XII in memory of his presence among those struck by the aerial bombardment of 19 July 1943. Plate LXII Rome Left: FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF ARACOELI (1250). Steps of 1348. Above right: INTERIOR OF THE BASILICA OF ST. CLEMENT (1128 with later restorations). Below right: CLOISTER OF ST. JOHN LATERAN, executed by the Vassalletto (1225-35). Plate LXIII Rome Above left: MIRACLE OF THE PERIODIC APPEARANCE OF THE TOMB OF ST. CLEMENT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. Fresco of the late 11th cent. in the narthex of the lower church - Rome, basilica of St. Clement. Above right: APOSTLES, detail of the Last Judgment by P. Cavallini (early 14th cent.) - Rome, monastery of St. Cecilia. Below: EPISODE FROM THE LIFE OF ST. SILVESTER AND OF CONSTANTINE THE EMPEROR. Frescoes of the 12th cent. - Rome, church of the SS. Quattro Coronati, chapel of St. Silvester. Plate LXIV Rome Left: ICHNOGRAPHIC PLAN OF ROME. Drawn on parchment (14th cent.) - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Vat. lat. 1960, fol. 270v. Right: PLAN OF ROME drawn and painted on parchment by Jacopo Angelo Fiorentino (1472) - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Urb. lat. 277, fol. 131r. Plate LXV Rome Above left: THE MADONNA ENTHRONED BETWEEN SS. PETER AND PAUL. Below the Auditors of the Rota, by Antoniazzo Romano (1472) - Pinacoteca Vaticana. Above right: ST. LUKE. Fresco of the school of Piero della Francesca (15th cent.) - Rome, basilica of St. Mary Major. Below: MADONNA BETWEEN TWO ANGELS. Roman mosaic of the 13th cent. Lunette of the side door of St. Mary in Aracoeli - Rome. Plate LXVI Rome Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. ELIGIO DEGLI OREFICI. Architecture by Raphael and Baldassarre Peruzzi (ca. 1515) - Rome. Above right: FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER IN MONTORIO. On a design by Baccio Pontelli (late 15th cent.) - Rome. Below: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY SOPRA MINERVA. On a project attributed to fra' Sisto and Ristoro (1280-1310) - Rome. Plate LXVII Rome VIEWS OF ROME AT THE TIME OF SIXTUS V. Above left: PIAZZA DEL POPOLO. Above right: PIAZZA COLONNA. Below left: LATERAN PALACE AND SIDE FACADE OF THE BASILICA. Below right: ST. MARY MAJOR. Frescoes of the Salone Sistino of the Biblioteca Vaticana (1585-90). Plate LXVIII Rome Above left: ST. PAUL. Sculpture by Paolo Romano (1530) - Rome, Ponte S. Angelo. Above right: ST. MARTIN. Detail of the ciborium by Arnolfo di Cambio (1283) - Rome, basilica of St. Cecilia. Below left: MONUMENT TO CARD. DE CASTRO (1506) - Rome, church of St. Mary del Popolo. Below right: MARBLE TABERNACLE. Work by Donatello (early 15th cent.) - Basilica of St. Peter, sacristy of the Canons. Plate LXIX Rome Above: FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF THE GESÙ. Construction by G. della Porta (1576-78), on a design by Vignola - Rome. Below left: INTERIOR OF THE CHIGI CHAPEL IN ST. MARY DEL POPOLO (16th cent.) with sculptures by G. L. Bernini (ca. 1650) - Rome. Below right: CORSINI CHAPEL. On a design by A. Galilei (1737) - Rome, basilica of St. John in Lateran. Plate LXX Rome Above: REAR PART OF THE BASILICA OF ST. MARY MAJOR. On a design by F. Ponzio and G. Rainaldi (ca. 1650) - Rome. Below: HALL OF PALAZZO COLONNA. On the vault, frescoes by G. Coli and F. Gerardi (1675-78); mirrors and furnishings of the 18th cent. - Rome. Plate LXXI Rome Above left: DETAIL OF THE STATUE OF CHRIST. Work by Michelangelo (1514-21) - Rome, church of St. Mary sopra Minerva. Above right: DETAIL OF THE CRUCIFIXION. Work by Venanzio Crocetti (1952) - Rome, church of St. Lepne Magno, high altar. Below left: MONUMENT TO PRINCESS MARIA FLAMINIA CHIGI-ODESCALCHI. Work by P. Posi and A. Penna (18th cent.) - Rome, church of St. Mary del Popolo. Below right: THE KISS OF JUDAS. Sculpture by I. Jacometti (ca. 1880) - Rome, church of the Salvatore alla Scala Santa. Plate LXXII Rome Above left: THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL AND THE VIRTUES. Fresco by Perin del Vaga (mid ca. 16th cent.) - Rome, Castel S. Angelo. Above right: MADONNA ENTHRONED BETWEEN ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA AND ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA. At the foot, kneeling, Card. Ponzetti. Fresco by Baldassarre Peruzzi (ca. 1515) - Rome, church of St. Mary della Pace. Below: THE NIGHT. Detail of the fresco of the Aurora. Work by Guercino (early 17th cent.) - Rome, Casino Ludovisi. Plate LXXIII Rome Above left: PARADE OF THE YOUNG WOMEN OF CATHOLIC ACTION ON THE VIA DEI FORI IMPERIALI - Rome, 4 Sept. 1948, thirtieth anniversary of the G. F. A. C. Above right: THE IMAGE OF THE MADONNA DEL DIVINO AMORE carried in procession through the streets of Rome (1944). Below left: EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS OF MAY 1922. Holy Mass celebrated under the Arch of Constantine - Rome. Below right: THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE with their "court" after the Pontifical audience at Castel Gandolfo (1952). Plate LXXIV Rome Above left: VIEW OF THE COUNTRYSIDE from Covignano. Above right: PANORAMA of Castrocaro. Below: MONTE CASTELLO AND THE SAVIO. Plate LXXV Romagna Above: ST. JULIAN AND STORIES OF HIS LIFE, polyptych by Bittino da Faenza (1408) - Rimini, church of St. Julian. Below: MADONNA WITH CHILD. At the sides St. John the Evangelist and the b. Giacomo Filippo Bertoni, Servite, panel by Leonardo Scaletti (late 15th cent.) - Faenza, Pinacoteca. Plate LXXVI Romagna Above left: "ROZAVLEA" CHURCH OF MARAMURES built in wood (first half of the 17th cent.). Above right: "DOMNEASCA" CHURCH AT ARGEŞ, built in the mid-14th cent., on the occasion of the transfer of the Residence from Câmpulung to Argeş. Below left: "TREI IERARCHI" CHURCH, built in the first half of the 17th cent. by Prince Vasile Lupu, restored by King Carol I - Jaşi. Below right: "HUREZU" MONASTERY on the southern slope of the Carpaşi mountains, founded in 1689-1705 by the Prince of Wallachia Constantine Brâncoveanu. Plate LXXVII Romania Above left: CHURCH OF THE "CURTEA" MONASTERY AT ARGES, founded by Prince Neagoe Basarab, buried there, and built between 1512-17, restored by King Carol I, buried there. Above right: THE CHRISTMAS PLOUGH. The oxen are adorned with pine, a tree that wishes happiness. Below left: BLESSING OF THE WATERS (6 Jan.). The Orthodox clergy proceeds in procession towards the Dâmboviza-Bucharest. Below right: TYPICAL FOLK DANCES. Plate LXXVIII Romania Above: FACADE OF THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. ZENO MAGGIORE (11th-12th cent.) - Verona. Plate LXXIX Romanesque Art Above left: RESTORED INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. GREGORY (11th cent.) - Bari. Below left: CLOISTER OF THE MONASTERY OF MILLSTATT (early 12th cent.). Right: PORTAL OF THE CHURCH OF ST. LAZARUS (12th cent.) - Avallon. Plate LXXX Romanesque Art Left: THE CHRIST. Detail of a statue perhaps belonging to a Deposition. Polychrome and gilded wood sculpture of the 12th cent. - Paris, Louvre. Right: MADONNA ENTHRONED. Stone sculpture (12th cent.) - Solsona (Lérida), Cathedral. Plate LXXXI Romanesque Art Above left: TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST; in the vault the heavenly Jerusalem, fresco of 1220 - Gurk, Cathedral, episcopal chapel. Above right: THE FLIGHT OF JACOB AND HIS STRUGGLE WITH THE ANGEL - Mosaic of the 13th cent. - Monreale, Cathedral. Below left: THE TRANSFIGURATION, the entry into Jerusalem and the resurrection of Lazarus. Altar frontal (school of Guido da Siena, ca. 1250) - Siena, Pinacoteca. Below right: THE MAGI. Fresco of the 11th cent. - Rome, church of St. Urban alla Caffarella. Plate LXXXII Romanesque Art Left: THE VIRGIN OF THE ROSARY. Painting by Sassoferrato (1643) - Rome, basilica of St. Sabina. Plate LXXXIII Rosary Above left: ROSE WINDOW OF THE FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER (ca. 1150) - Tuscania. Plate LXXXIV Rosone Left: MONUMENT TO LEONARDO BRUNI, by B. Rossellino - Florence, church of S. Croce. Plate LXXXV Rossellino, Family DETAIL OF THE FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL (13th-15th cent.) - Rouen. Plate LXXXVI Rouen, Archdiocese of Above: HOUSES OF THE INDIGENOUS STAFF OF THE BANQUE DU CONGO - Usumbra. Plate LXXXVII Rwanda, Apostolic Vicariate of LAST SUPPER Plate LXXXVIII Rubens, Peter Paul Above: VIEW OF MUROM ON THE OKA RIVER. On the left the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity (16th cent.). On the right the monastery of the Annunciation (a. 1563). Below: VIEW OF SUZDAL, ancient city and independent principality in Russia, with the monastery of the Protection of the B. V. Mary (16th cent.). Plate LXXXIX Russia Above: WOODEN CHURCH OF THE ARCHANGELS MICHAEL AND GABRIEL at Juromski Pogost (17th cent.). Painting by Prince Brailowsky - Vatican City, S. Congregazione Orientale. Below: INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL OF THE ASSUMPTION (15th-16th cent.) - Moscow, Kremlin. Plate XC Russia Above left: WOODEN CHURCH OF KIŽI (Kitakij Ostrov). Painting by Prince Brailowsky - Vatican City, S. Congregazione Orientale. Below left: CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION at Kostroma (17th cent.). Painting by Prince Brailowsky - Vatican City, S. Congregazione Orientale. Right: CHURCH OF ST. BASIL THE BLESSED (16th cent.) - Moscow. Plate XCI Russia Above left: THE HOLY FACE, by Simeone Ušakov (1677) - Leningrad, Museo Russo. Above right: ICONS OF THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN OF VLADIMIR (12th cent.). Copy by Prince Brailowsky - Vatican City, S. Congregazione Orientale. Below left: ICONS OF ST. MICHAEL. School of Suzdal (14th cent.) - Leningrad, Museo Russo. Below right: ICONS OF THE MADONNA OF THE MONASTERY OF TICHVIN (14th cent.). Plate XCII Russia Above left: HAND CROSS IN WOOD (1852), folk art of Podolia. Above right: HAND CROSS IN WOOD (1899), folk art of the Huculy. Below left: CHURCH OF THE BASILIAN MONASTERY, formerly cathedral (1510) - Supraxl (White Russia). Below right: HOMAGE TO HIS EXC. MSGR. GIOSAFAT KOCYLOVSKYJ, bishop of Peremyšl of the Ruthenians on the occasion of a pastoral visit. Plate XCIII Ruthenians Above left: PARISH CHURCH OF THE RUTHENIANS, dedicated to St. John the Baptist (1892-1910) - Plate XCIV Ruthenians Left: HOLY FAMILY known as Tondo Doni. Painting by Michelangelo (ca. 1507) - Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi. Plate XCV Holy Family Above left: TE IGITUR WITH CRUCIFIXION. Miniature from the Sacramentary of Gellone (late 8th cent.) - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. lat. 12048, f. 143v. Above right: BEGINNING OF THE PREFACE OF THE SACRAMENTARY OF THE ABBEY OF MARMOUTIERS, f. 8 (9th cent.). In the roundels the Nativity and the Baptism of Christ, and the Last Supper. Below left: TE IGITUR. Miniature from the Sacramentary of Figeac, according to the use of Moissac (11th cent.) - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. lat. 2293, f. 19v. Below right: JESUS CHRIST CROWNS HENRY II. Miniature from the Sacramentary of Emperor Henry II (1002-14) - Munich, Staatsbibliothek. Plate XCVI Sacramentary PENANCE AND EUCHARIST. Frescoes by P. da Oderisio (14th cent.) - Naples, church of the Incoronata. Plate XCVII Sacraments (Int. Anderson) Plate XCVIII Sacraments Above: SACRIFICE to the Supreme Being among the Ainu (Japan) - Rome, Pontificio Museo etnologico miss. lateranense. Below: SACRIFICE to the ancestors (Indochina) - Rome, Pontificio Museo etnologico miss. lateranense. Plate XCIX Sacrifice Above: SACRISTY OF THE CHURCH OF S. GIOVANNI A CARBONARA, formerly Di Somma chapel, erected on a design by G. D. d'Auria and A. Caccavello (1553-66) - Naples. Below: INTERIOR OF THE SACRISTY of the church of S. Andrea al Quirinale (17th cent.) - Rome. Plate C Sacristy (Secretarium, Sacrarium, Salutatorium) Above: VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL, dedicated to St. Peter (13th-15th cent.) - St-Claude. Below: CHOIR STALLS OF THE CATHEDRAL (15th cent.) - St-Claude. Plate CI Saint-Claude, Diocese of THE DEFENSIVE SYSTEM OF THE CASTLE of Mont-St-Michel. Plate CII Mont Saint-Michel Left: ROMANESQUE APSE AND TOWER OF THE ROOSTER of the old Cathedral (12th cent.) next to the new one (1513-1734) - Salamanca. Plate CIII Salamanca, Diocese of Above: MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE, triptych by Lorenzo - S. Severino, Galleria comunale. Below: BAPTISM OF JESUS. Fresco by Jacopo and Lorenzo - Urbino, church of S. Giovanni. Plate CIV Salimbeni, Lorenzo and Jacopo Above left: CATHEDRAL (1614-28) AND RESIDENZBRUNNEN (1656-61) - Salzburg. Above right: THE KOLLEGHIENKIRCHE (1614-1707), by J. B. Fischer v. Erlach - Salzburg. Below left: PARISH CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL, built to a design by Wolfgang Hagenauer (1764). The painting is a copy of the miraculous image of Genazzano - Böckstein (Salzburg). Below right: HIGH ALTAR OF THE PARISH CHURCH, work by W. and J. Hagenauer (1769) - Köstendorf (Salzburg). Plate CV Salzburg Above: URBAN BASILICA seen from the west - Salona. Below: CEMETERIAL BASILICA of Monastirine seen from the east. Plate CVI Salona Above: DOUBLE PSALTER, known as that of Ewrardo, Count of Friuli, with the Gallican Psalter (fol. 91v) and the Psalter «Iuxta Hebraeos» (fol. 92r). Cod. Reginensis lat. 11 of ca. mid-8th cent. - Vatican Library. Below: BENEDICTINE MONASTIC PSALTER (10th-11th cent.). It contains the Roman Psalter revised here and there in the 14th cent. according to the Gallican Psalter. In fol. 45v the last part of the exordia vel tituli psalmorum is read. The illuminated fol. 46r has at the centre the Divine Lamb, at the corners the 4 Evangelists and the monograms: Domus Trinitatis Lucis Pacis - Vatican Library, cod. Vat. lat. 84. Plate CVII Psalter (Psaltery) Above left: INITIAL OF PSALM 51 in gold and silver outlined in red from the Psalter-hymnal with glosses by Odbert, abbot of St-Bertin (999). The miniature depicts the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds - Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibl. municipale, ms. 20, f. 58°. Above right: DAVID PLAYING THE PSALTERY AND GUARDING THE FLOCK. Melody holds her hand on David's shoulder, while Echo looks out from behind a column. Miniature from a Greek Psalter (10th cent.) - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. gr. 139. Below left: LITERAL ILLUSTRATION OF PSALM 11 from the triple Psalter «Iuxta Hebraeos», Roman and Gallican with glosses, of Canterbury (13th cent.). The miniature depicts: David invoking God, a man falling to the ground, people conversing, God instructing an angel to defend the poor and the unfortunate who invoke him, a furnace with two workers working silver, workers turning a large millstone and a winch, a group of armed men with shields to whom an angel brings a lance - Paris, Bibl. nationale, ms. lat. 8846, f. 20. Below right: PSALTER OF CHARLES VIII in Latin and French (ca. 1490). The miniature illustrates Psalm 52 and depicts David and a fool - Paris, Bibl. naz., ms. lat. 774, f. 63°. Plate CVIII Psalter (Psaltery) Above: THRONE ROOM, in Casa Cavassa, now Museo civico. Left: panel with Madonna and devotees, among whom Ludovico II Marquis of Saluzzo and Margherita of Foix (1449) - Saluzzo. Below: CHOIR OF THE CHURCH OF S. GIOVANNI, in Gothic-Piedmontese style (15th cent.) - Saluzzo. Plate CIX Saluzzo, Diocese of Above: PANORAMA with the college and cathedral of St. Boniface and the Taché Hospice founded in 1845 by the Grey Nuns. Below: TACHÉ HOSPICE founded in 1845 for old men and women. Central part of the building - St. Boniface. Plate CX San Bonifacio, Archdiocese of Left: PLAN OF A PART OF THE BUILDINGS OF THE ABBEY OF ST. GALL, derived from the original drawing of the 9th cent. Plate CXI Saint Gall STUDIES FOR CAPITALS AND DRAWING OF THE BRIDGE OF THE ISLAND OF S. BARTOLOMEO and of the Castle and the bridge of S. Angelo from the Libro di Giuliano di S., cod. Vat. Barb. lat. 4424. Plate CXII Sangallo, Family of Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARIA DI LORETO, work by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger - Rome. Above right: ATRIUM OF THE PALAZZO FARNESE by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger - Rome. Below: INTERIOR OF THE SACRISTY OF THE CHURCH OF S. SPIRITO, work by Giuliano da Sangallo - Florence. Plate CXIII Sangallo, Family of Above left: ROMANESQUE PAINTING (ca. 1150) in the atrium of the monastery of Nonnberg - Salzburg. Below left: CEMETERY, CHAPEL OF ST. MARGARET (1485-91) and loggias with tombs (1626) of the abbey of Sankt Peter - Salzburg. Right: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER, SEEN FROM THE CHOIR; originally a Romanesque basilica, rebuilt in Rococo style (1757-83). Stuccoes by Benedetto Zopf, vault frescoes by Fr. X. König (1757) - Salzburg. Plate CXIV St. Peter and Nonnberg Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE PRINCE'S PALACE, or Government Palace, rebuilt by the architect Azzurri in 1894 on the remains of the 13th cent. - San Marino. Above right: THE «I PENNA» (alt. 745 m), CALLED THE ROCK OR WATCHTOWER, built in the 14th cent., then rebuilt and restored - San Marino. Below: VIEW OF MONTE TITANO (alt. 749 m) - San Marino. Plate CXV San Marino Above left: AVENIDA CENTRAL I of Rio de Janeiro. Above right: SANCTUARY OF N. S. DELLA PENHA - Rio de Janeiro. Below: PANORAMA of Rio de Janeiro. Plate CXVI San Sebastiano Di Rio De Janeiro Left: ST. ANNE AND THE VIRGIN WITH THE CHILD - Rome, church of S. Agostino. Plate CXVII Sansovino, Andrea Contucci detto il Left: THE «ZECCA» - Venice. Plate CXVIII Sansovino, Jacopo Tatti detto il Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARIA DI GROTTAFERRATA, consecrated in 1025, transformed in 1754 and restored from 1902 to 1931. The bell tower is of the 12th cent. Above right: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH. First chapel on the right, adapted in an ancient environment. Below left: PORTAL OF THE CHURCH WITH WOODEN DOOR (11th-12th cent.). Below right: BAPTISMAL FONT (the date oscillates between Early Christian era and 11th cent.). Plate CXIX Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Greek Abbey of Left: APSE OF THE BENEDICTINE ABBEY CHURCH of Altenburg, built in 1144. The Gothic church of the 15th cent. was baroquified by Giuseppe Munggenast (1730-33). Right: CATHEDRAL DEDICATED TO MARY ASSUMED, Romanesque church with three naves of 1159, baroquified from 1720-50, according to the designs of Giacomo Prandtauer; frescoes by Daniele Gran, 1739 - St. Pölten. Plate CXX Sankt Pölten (Saint Hippolytus), Diocese of Above: PANORAMA OF THE ABBEY - Cava dei Tirreni. Plate CXXI S.ma Trinità Di Cava Dei Tirreni Above: STATUE OF COLUMBUS - Ciudad Trujillo. Plate CXXII Santo Domingo, Archdiocese Of Above left: GROUP OF THE CONVERTED SAINTS by José Ramirez (18th cent.) in the S. Cappella - Zaragoza, basilica del Pilar. Above right: TRANSFIGURATION, work by Pedro Joan, Gaspar and Gil de Morlanes (14th-15th cent.). Detail of the alabaster retable of the high altar - Zaragoza, the «Seo». Below: EXTERIOR OF THE BASILICA DEL PILAR - Zaragoza. Plate CXXIII Saragossa (Zaragoza), Archdiocese of Above: SARCOPHAGUS KNOWN AS OF ST. ENCRAZIA (4th cent.): the Canaanite woman, deceased between two saints, deceased orant between two saints welcomed by the divine hand, the healing of the man born blind, the miracle of Cana; the inscriptions are late and bizarre - Zaragoza, church of S. Eulalia, crypt. Below: SARCOPHAGUS so-called dogmatic with two registers and «imago clipeata» with the unfinished busts of two spouses (mid ca. 4th cent.): I register: creation of Adam and Eve, assignment of work to Adam and Eve, miracle of Cana, multiplication of the loaves, resurrection of Lazarus; II register: adoration of the Magi, healing of the man born blind, Daniel in the lions' den, prediction of Peter's denial, capture of Peter, Peter-Moses striking the rock - Rome, Museo Lateranense. Plate CXXIV Sarcophagi Above: STRIGILATED SARCOPHAGUS IN THE FORM OF A TUB (4th cent.) with the resurrection of Lazarus, the orant between two saints and the miracle of the spring - Rome, Museo Lateranense. Centre: POLYCHROME SARCOPHAGUS WITH GOOD SHEPHERD, orant and rural scenes; on the front of the lid, hunting scene and bust of the deceased before the parapetasma (early 4th cent.) - Rome, Museo Lateranense. Below: STRIGILATED SARCOPHAGUS WITH TWO REGISTERS (4th cent.) reused for Orazio Albani (1712): I register: healing of the man born blind, resurrection of Lazarus, Christ teaching, the announcement of Peter's denial; II register: capture of Peter and miracle of the spring, assignment of work to Adam and Eve, healing of the paralytic. On the front of the lid: adoration of the Magi, Daniel among the lions, bust of two spouses before the parapetasma - Rome, basilica of S. Sebastiano. Plate CXXV Sarcophagi Above left: COASTAL ROAD CAGLIARI-VILLASIMIUS. Above right: PANORAMA OF TONARA (Nuoro). Below left: CHURCH OF ST. PETER in Pisan style lost in the countryside near Luri (Cagliari). Below right: COSTUMES - Mamoiada. Plate CXXVI Sardinia Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. SATURNINO (6th-12th cent.) - Cagliari. Above right: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. GAVINO (12th cent.) in the surroundings of Oristano. Below left: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. PIETRO DI SORRES (13th cent.) - Borutta. Below right: BASILICA OF S. GAVINO (12th-13th cent.) - Porto Torres. Plate CXXVII Sardinia Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL (late 8th cent.) with later transformations - Sarsina. Above right: MAUSOLEUM of A. M. Obulacco, with curved pyramidal cusp, about 9 metres high, reconstructed in 1938 - Sarsina, Pian di Bezzo. Below left: ELEMENT OF ROMANESQUE AMBO, reused as holy water stoup - Sarsina, Cathedral. Below right: MEDIEVAL CRUCIFIX of Montessasso - Sarsina. Plate CXXVIII Sarsina, Diocese of MARRIAGE OF ST. FRANCIS WITH POVERTY. Plate CXXIX Sassetta, Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, called Il Left: CONVERSATION OF SAUL WITH SAMUEL (1 Sam. 15, 12-30). Flemish tapestry (16th cent.) - Pienza, Museo civico. Plate CXXX Saul (Heb. Šāʾūl "Obtained with Prayer") Left: PORTRAIT OF PRINCE THOMAS. Canvas by A. van Dyck (17th cent.) - Turin, Pinacoteca. Plate CXXXI Savoy, House of Above: BATTLE OF TURIN (8 Sept. 1706). Canvas by G. Huchtenburg (18th cent.) - Turin, Museo nazionale del Risorgimento italiano. Below: CHARLES EMMANUEL I RECEIVES THE LAST SACRAMENTS. Canvas by Niccolò Barabino (19th cent.) - Genoa, Galleria comunale. Plate CXXXII Savoy, House of CUBICULUM OF THE «VELATIO». Plate, p. 45 Priscilla, Cemetery of Above: OPEN-AIR CEMETERIAL AREA (2nd-4th cent.) - Rome, cemetery of Priscilla. Below: PAINTING OF THE BACK WALL OF THE CUBICULUM KNOWN AS OF THE COOPERS from the 4th cent. - Rome, cemetery of Priscilla. Plate, p. 77 Priscilla, Cemetery of 1. Regional border - 2. Provincial border - 3. Border of ecclesiastical district - 4. Roads - 5. Railways. Plate, p. 189 Apulia MADONNA KNOWN AS «DEL GRANDUCA» Plate, p. 283 Raphael Sanzio (originally Santi, family from Colbordolo) Plate, p. 642 Plate, p. 642 Veduta Prosi MAP OF THE CITY OF ROME, drawn and engraved by Giuseppe Vasi and dedicated to King Charles III of Spain in Plate, p. 643 Rome MAP OF THE CITY OF ROME, drawn and engraved by Giuseppe Plate, p. 644 Rome Pope Vasi and dedicated to King Charles III of Spain in 1765. Plate, p. 645 R Plate, p. 670 Roma Imperiale E Cristiana Fino All'im DIZIO OF THE 9TH CENT.: Augustan division of the city Plate, p. 671 Oma (Int. Kur. Catt.) Plate, p. 825 Rosso Fiorentino, Giovanni Battista di Jacopo di Gaspare, called Il ROUNDEL DEPICTING THE HOLY FAMILY, by L. Signorelli (1492) Plate, p. 921 Holy Family SARDINIA - 1. State border - 2. Province border - 3. Border of ecclesiastical district - 4. Road - 5. Railway. Plate, p. 1133 Sardinia

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