Plates · Volume XII (1954)

173 plates · Entries · All volumes

The volume's full-page plates, in their printed numbering. Each plate also appears in the entry it illustrates.

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.

Above: BATTLE OF TOLBIAC. The stag shows the Franks the way to reach the enemy (1547) - Rome, church of St. Louis of the French. Below: DETAIL OF THE MARBLE CHOIR ENCLOSURE OF THE CATHEDRAL - Milan.

Plate VI Tibaldi, Pellegrino

Above left: WALLS OF GYANTSE. Above right: TIBETAN LIBRARY. Below left: READING OF THE SACRED BOOKS IN A TEMPLE OF GYANTSE to obtain rain. Below right: LAMA OF NGOR, important dignitary of the Sakya sect, a sect that in the 13th-14th cent. received investiture over all Tibet from the Chinese emperors.

Plate VII Tibet

Left: ANCIENT FRESCO in the "chapel IV" of the 2nd floor of the Kum-hum temple of Gyantse.

Plate VIII Tibet

Above: THE AGONY OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN - Hamburg, Kunsthalle. Below left: THE DEPOSITION - Zurich, Private collection. Below right: PORTRAIT OF A PROCURATOR - Venice, Galleria Querini-Stampalia.

Plate IX Tiepolo, Lorenzo Baldissera

Left: COMMUNION OF ST. LUCY - Venice, church of SS. Apostoli.

Plate X Tiepolo, Lorenzo Baldissera

Above left: CHRISTIAN CEMETERY of Timgad. Centre: DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION OF THE CIVITAS TAMOGADIENSIS OF 539 - Timgad, Museum. Below: CHRISTIAN LAMPS, with reliefs depicting Christ among the angels, St. Paul, the sacrifice of Abraham, the three youths in the furnace (5th cent.) - Timgad, Museum. Above right: CHAPEL IN THE BYZANTINE FORT with adjoining baptistery - Timgad. Below: INSCRIPTION WITH THE INVOCATION "CHRISTE TU SOLUS MEDICUS" (5th cent.) - Timgad, Museum.

Plate XI Timgad

Above: DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF ST. MARK - Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera.

Plate XII Tintoretto (Robusti), Jacopo, detto Il

Above left: ST. JEROME - Vienna, National Gallery. Right: TWO SENATORS - Venice, Galleria dell'Accademia. Below: FRANCESCO BARBARO DEFENDS BRESCIA FROM THE DUKE OF MILAN - Venice, Doge's Palace, Sala del Maggior Consiglio.

Plate XIII Tintoretto (Robusti), Jacopo, detto Il

Above left: SARCOPHAGI AND ROTUNDA OF THE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY (5th-6th cent.) - Tipasa. Above right: CEMETERY OF ST. SALSA (5th-6th cent.) - Tipasa. Below left: SARCOPHAGUS OF FABIA SALSA, in the basilica of St. Salsa - Tipasa. Below right: MOSAIC INSCRIPTION OF BISHOP ALEXANDER - Algiers, Museum.

Plate XIV Tipasa

Above left: WOODCUT ILLUSTRATION of the Aldine edition of the Epistles of St. Catherine - Venice, 1500. Above right: DEDICATION TO LOREDANA GRIMANI of the book by D. Medaglia Faini, Versi e prose, Salò 1774. Below right, in smaller type, the word "catchword" is visible. Below left: INTERIOR OF A PRINTING HOUSE. 16th-cent. miniature of the French school - Paris, National Library, cod. franc. 1537, containing the Chants royaux du Puy de Rouen, f. 29°. Below right: ILLUMINATED PAGE OF AN EDITION OF THE CODEX OF JUSTINIAN, Venice, De Tortis, 1515.

Plate XV Typography

CHRISTIAN HOUSE DISCOVERED UNDER THE TITLE OF SS. JOHN AND PAUL. Above left: Interior of the "Confessio" with "fenestella" and pictorial decoration (4th cent.) built at half-height of the house on the Clivus Scauri (3rd cent.). Above right: Entrance of the vestibule of the house (3rd cent.) on the Clivus Scauri (the staircase beside it is modern). Below: Pictorial decoration with orant (2nd half of the 3rd cent.) of the vestibule of the 3rd-cent. house - Rome.

Plate XVI Titles of the Roman Church

Left: 14TH-CENT. HOUSE - Tivoli. Above right: THE ROCCA PIA, built by order of Pope Pius II (ca. 1459). Below right: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER OR DELLA CARITÀ (12th cent.), restored after the bombings of 1944 - Tivoli.

Plate XVII Tivoli, Diocese of

Left: THE MAN WITH THE GLOVE - Paris, Louvre Museum.

Plate XVIII Titian, Vecellio

Left: MADONNA OF THE PESARO FAMILY (1524) - Venice, church of S. Maria dei Frari.

Plate XIX Titian, Vecellio

Left: TOBIAS WITH THE ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL. Fresco of the mid-4th cent. Detail of the tomb with the Epiphany - Rome, cemetery under Vigna Massimo. Above right: TOBIAS ACCOMPANIED BY THREE ARCHANGELS. Painting by Francesco Boticini (15th cent.) - Florence, Uffizi. Below right: TOBIAS HEALS HIS BLIND FATHER, painting by Bernardo Strozzi (ca. 1625) - Leningrad, Hermitage Gallery.

Plate XX Tobias

Above left: CHURCH OF S. MARIA DELLA CONSOLAZIONE, built by Cola di Matteuccio da Caprarola, perhaps on a design by Bramante (1508-24) - Todi. Below left: REMAINS OF ROMAN WALLS, with medieval superimpositions. Right: FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL (13th cent.). The upper rose window is from 1520.

Plate XXI Todi, Diocese of

Above left: A PILGRIM, having reached the gate of the Shinto temple Sanno, stops for his devotions - Tokyo. Above right: FUNERARY STELAE from an ancient cemetery, probably Christian - Tokyo. Below: ENTRANCE TO SOPHIA UNIVERSITY - Tokyo.

Plate XXII Tokyo, Archdiocese of

Above left: THE GATE OF THE SUN in Moorish style, restored in the 19th cent. - Toledo. Above right: DETAIL OF THE CLOISTER OF S. GIOVANNI DEI RE (15th-16th cent.) - Toledo. Below: SYNAGOGUE OF THE TRANSIT (1366) - Toledo.

Plate XXIII Toledo, Archdiocese of

Above left: FACADE OF THE BASILICA (17th cent.), with portal by Nanni di Bartolo (1432-35) and, above, the sun with rays, symbol of the Saint, work by Giovanni Andrea Ascani (1757) - Tolentino, Piazza and church of S. Nicola. Above right: CLOISTER OF THE CONVENT (13th cent.) - Tolentino, church of S. Nicola. Below left: INTERIOR OF THE BASILICA with gilded coffered ceiling, rich in statues and friezes (17th cent.) - Tolentino. Below right: ALTAR OF THE CRYPT, placed in front of the silver reliquary urn of S. Nicola (1930).

Plate XXIV Tolentino, Diocese of

Above left: APSE AND BELL TOWER of St-Sernin (12th cent.) with restorations carried out in 1885 by Viollet-le-Duc - Toulouse. Above right: BELL TOWER AND PORTICO of the church of the Cordeliers (14th cent.), destroyed by fire in 1870 - Toulouse. Below left: INTERIOR OF ST-SERNIN (11th-12th cent.) with the display of relics - Toulouse. Below right: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH of Notre-Dame du Taur (15th cent.).

Plate XXV Toulouse, Archdiocese of

Above left: RELIQUARY OF THE HOLY CROSS adorned with Limoges enamels (13th cent.) - Toulouse, Treasury of St-Sernin. Above right: MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS (12th cent.). Capital of St-Sernin - Toulouse. Below: RELIQUARY URN OF S. PAPULUS (16th cent.) - Toulouse, Treasury of St-Sernin.

Plate XXVI Toulouse, Archdiocese of

Above left: TOMB ADORNED WITH COATS OF ARMS, in the cloister (14th cent.) of the church of S. Domingo - Tuy. Above right: TOMB OF LUCA SAVELLI, with Cosmatesque decoration (13th cent.) superimposed on a Roman sarcophagus - Rome, church of S. Maria in Aracoeli. Below left: ARK OF S. LANFRANCO, work by G. A. Amadeo (1490-98) - Pavia, church of S. Lanfranco. Below right: FUNERARY MONUMENT to Doge Pietro Mocenigo, work by Pietro Lombardo (1485) - Venice, church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo.

Plate XXVII Tomb

Above left: MONUMENT TO DIEGO AND GEROLAMO AVILA (school of Borromini, 1680) - Rome, church of S. Maria in Trastevere.

Plate XXVIII Tomb

Above: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, fresco by Beato Angelico (1435-45) - Florence, Museo di S. Marco. Below: VISION OF ST. THOMAS, painting by Giovanni di Stefano known as il Sassetta (15th cent.) - Pinacoteca Vaticana.

Plate XXIX Thomas Aquinas, Saint

Above: VIEW of the Cathedral and bell tower. Below: AERIAL VIEW of Torcello. In the foreground dome of S. Fosca.

Plate XXX Torcello (Turricellum)

Above left: FACADE (1st half 18th cent.) AND BELL TOWER (10th-11th cent.) of the Sanctuary of the Consolata - Turin. Above right: THE CHURCH OF S. PIETRO (11th cent. with lateral additions of the 14th-15th cent.) - Avigliana. Below: AERIAL VIEW of Piazza Castello and Via Roma - Turin.

Plate XXXI Turin, Archdiocese of

Above left: SIDE OF THE CATHEDRAL (1405-56), BAPTISTERY (13th cent.) AND BELL TOWER (1329-1492) - Chieri. Above right: THE CASTLE OF VALENTINO seen from the Po, built in 1633-38 on a project by Carlo di Castellamonte - Turin. Below left: FACADE OF PALAZZO CARIGNANO, work by G. Guarini (17th cent.) - Turin. Below right: FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. FILIPPO NERI, begun in 1675 on a design by A. Bettini, completed in 1772 on a design by F. Juvara: the pronaos is from 1835 - Turin.

Plate XXXII Turin, Archdiocese of

Above: FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL, rebuilt by N. Bruni (1879-80) - Tortona. Below: SANCTUARY OF THE MADONNA DELLA GUARDIA - Tortona.

Plate XXXIII Tortona, Diocese of

Above left: BAPTISMAL FONT called of Pope Luna, homily of the anti-pope Benedict XIII (15th cent.) - Tortosa, Cathedral. Below left: POLYPTYCH OF THE HIGH ALTAR OF THE CATHEDRAL (2nd half of the 14th cent.) - Tortosa. Right: TRANSEPT AND APSE OF THE CATHEDRAL, begun in 1347 - Tortosa.

Plate XXXIV Tortosa, Diocese of

Left: A DETAIL OF THE «JOUST OF THE SARACEN» that is run every year in the Piazza Grande of Arezzo on the occasion of the feast of St. Donatus (7 Aug.) and the September fairs. In the background the Casa-Torre dei Lappoli (14th cent.). Above right: PANORAMA OF PORTOFERRAIO - Island of Elba. Below right: PANORAMA OF CAMALDOLI.

Plate XXXV Tuscany

Above left: ORATORY OF S. MARIA DELLA ROSA (1309) - Lucca. Above right: PALAZZO DEI TURCHI, or dei Diavoli, of medieval era, enlarged by A. Federighi in 1460 - Siena. Below left: INTERIOR OF THE ABBEY OF S. GODENZO, founded in 1029 by Giacomo il Bavaro and restored in 1921 by arch. E. Cerpi - Florence. Below right: INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL of Prato, on a design attributed to G. Pisano (1317).

Plate XXXVI Tuscany

Above left: THE MONTHS OF AUTUMN (above) and of winter (below). Reliefs of the 1st half of the 13th cent., in the archivolto of the Portal of the Parish Church of S. Maria - Arezzo. Above right: ALTARPIECE in marble, with the Madonna and Child and St. John B., between SS. Leonard and Remigius, and a cripple asking for grace. Work by Mino da Fiesole (1430-84) - Fiesole, Cathedral. Below left: THE VIRGIN ADORING THE CHILD. Above, among the Angels, God the Father. Glazed terracotta by Andrea Della Robbia (1479) - La Verna, major church. Below right: DETAIL OF THE VAULT of the Feroni chapel, in the church of the SS.ma Annunziata in Florence, with marble reliefs and stucco decoration by G. B. Foggini (1692).

Plate XXXVII Tuscany

Left: CRUCIFIX painted on wood with the Madonna at the sides, St. John and scenes of the Life and Passion of Jesus, work by fra Guglielmo (1138) - Sanzana, Cathedral. Above right: JESUS CHRIST AND ST. JOHN. Detail of the Last Supper, painted by A. Allori (1581-82) in the former Refectory of the convent of the Carmine - Florence. Below right: THE MADONNA ENTHRONED, between SS. Catherine of Siena, Ansanus, Christopher and Catherine of Alexandria, at the feet St. John the Baptist. Fresco by B. Peruzzi in the chapel of the castle of Belcaro (1536) - Siena.

Plate XXXVIII Tuscany

Above left: MADONNA in ivory. Sculpture of the 14th cent. - Tournai, Treasury of the Cathedral. Above right: PIETÀ. Painting of the school of Roger de la Pasture (15th cent.) - Tournai, Platteau collection. Below: THE PREACHING OF ST. PIATUS in a tapestry ordered by Toussaint Prier, canon of Tournai. Workshop of Arras (1402) - Tournai, Cathedral.

Plate XXXIX Tournai (Doornijk), Diocese of

Left: EXTERIOR of the Cathedral (13th-16th cent.) - Tours. Right: THE CHURCH OF ST. MARTIN, built by the architect Laloux between 1897 and 1924 - Tours.

Plate XL Tours, Archdiocese of

Above left: CLOTH KNOWN AS THAT OF BL. BENVENUTA BOIANI (length 4.76, width 1.55) with white-on-white embroidery (2nd half 13th cent.). Detail with the Annunciation - Cividale, church of S. Pietro dei Volti. Above right: CLOTH FROM ACHMIMPANOPOLIS (13th-15th cent.). Probably an altar cloth (length 1.56, width 1.20) - Biblioteca Vaticana, Museo Sacro. Below: DETAIL OF THE ALTAR CLOTH FROM THE SANCTA SANCTORUM (ca. 1200). German embroidery (!) on linen in chain stitch in white, with wide open eyelet (length 3.62, width 1.15) - Biblioteca Vaticana, Museo Sacro.

Plate XLI Tablecloth

Left: cod. Vat. lat. 3226, fol. 11e of the 5th cent., the only representative of family A in the tradition of Terence. Right: cod. Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 22e of the 10th cent., one of the representatives of branch γ of family S in the same tradition. The facsimiles reproduce the same passage of the Eunuchus (vv. 239-63 and 239 [end] - 285).

Plate XLII Manuscript Tradition

Above left: AMPHORA in ceramic from Oristano (Cagliari). Below left: WINE PITCHER (cup) in linden wood with Bacchic motifs. Local art by C. Cerlogne of S. Nicolas. Prop. A. Millery-Avise-Arvier. Above right: WEDDING CEREMONY with traditional costumes of Letino (Campobasso). Centre: CRADLE with polychrome wooden bow, typical of the Aosta Valley. Below right: DETAIL OF THE KITCHEN of the castle of Avise (Aosta) with pewter and copper tableware.

Plate XLIII Folk Traditions

Above left: NORMAN CASTLE OF ERICE. Above right: THE SALT PANS OF TRAPANI. Below left: RUINS OF MOTYA.

Plate XLIV Trapani, Diocese of

Above: THE TRANSFIGURATION. Left: The Annunciation; right: an angel with the Madonna and Child. Mosaic from the time of Leo III (795-816) on the triumphal arch of the church of SS. Nereo e Achilleo - Rome. Below left: TRANSFIGURATION. A grey-yellowish halo surrounds Christ, Moses beardless and Elijah bearded. Miniature of the 9th cent. - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. grec 510, f. 75, containing the Sermons of St. Gregory of Nazianzus. Below right: THE TRANSFIGURATION. Bronze bas-relief. Detail of the north Door of the Florence Baptistery. Work by L. Ghiberti (1403-24).

Plate XLV Transfiguration (Gr. Metamórphōsis)

Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL (13th cent.) - Traù. Above right: PORTAL OF THE CATHEDRAL (13th cent.), work by the Croatian sculptor Radovan - Traù. Below left: COURTYARD and staircase of the Town Hall (15th cent.) - Traù. Below right: CHURCH OF ST. DOMINIC (14th cent.) - Traù.

Plate XLVI Trogir (Traù)

Above left: FACADE of the church of S. Vigilio at Piombo, with frescoes by S. Baschenis (1539) depicting a dance of death, and, in the band in front, the capital vices. Below left: CASTLE OF BUON CONSIGLIO - Trento. Right: SANCTUARY OF S. ROMEDIO near Santeno in Val di Non.

Plate XLVII Trento, Archdiocese of

Above: ALTAR TRIPTYCH of the 16th cent. in the small church of S. Stefano at Fornace. Below: CARD. BERNARDO CLESIO. Portrait frescoed by Romanino (1534) in the Hall of the Emperors of the castle of Buon Consiglio - Trento.

Plate XLVIII Trento, Archdiocese of

Above left: APSE OF THE CATHEDRAL (12th-13th cent.). Right the Castellano, rear part of the Palazzo Pretorio, with the bell tower of S. Rossodio (1st half of the 13th cent.) - Trento. Above right: SIDE AND APSE OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARIA MAGGIORE, begun in 1520 by A. Medaglia - Trento. Below left: A SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT IN THE CATHEDRAL. Canvas of the Venetian school of the 16th cent. - Paris, Musée du Louvre. Below right: A GENERAL CONGREGATION OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT IN S. MARIA MAGGIORE. Painting of the 16th cent. - Trento, Castello del Buon Consiglio.

Plate XLIX Trento, Archdiocese of

Left: ABBEY CHURCH OF PRÜM (13th cent.) - Above right: THE MONUMENTAL ROMAN GATE KNOWN AS PORTA NIGRA - Trier. Below right: VIEW OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE CATHEDRAL (1040-75) AND OF THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY (Liebfrauenkirche, 1242-53) - Trier.

Plate L Trier (Trevi), Diocese of

Above: TOWN HALL (begun in the early 13th cent.), with city tower (mid-13th cent.), after restoration - Treviso. Below left: APSES AND BELL TOWER OF THE CHURCH OF S. NICCOLÒ (early 14th cent.) - Treviso. Below right: INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL, rebuilt in the 18th cent. by G. Riccati and P. Lamberti - Treviso.

Plate LI Treviso, Diocese of

Above left: FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL OF CAPODISTRIA (15th cent.). The bell tower was begun in the 13th cent. Above right: FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL OF S. GIUSTO (11th-14th cent.) and bell tower enlarged in 1337 - Trieste. Below left: CHURCH OF S. ANTONIO NUOVO, by the architect P. Nobile (1827-47), with the "mandracchio" - Trieste. Below right: APSE OF THE ANCIENT CHAPEL OF S. GIUSTO, now the right side aisle of the Cathedral. The apse mosaic is of the 12th cent.; the frescoes are of the 13th - Trieste.

Plate LII Trieste and Capodistria, Diocese of

Above left: MADONNA AND CHILD ENTHRONED, detail of the apse mosaic (ca. 1200) from the ancient basilica of the Assunta, now the left side aisle of the Cathedral - Trieste. Above right: MOSAIC PAVEMENT of the Early Christian basilica discovered in the Cathedral of S. Giusto - Trieste. Below: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST AND SAINTS. Triptych by Paolo Veneziano and assistants. (14th cent.) - Trieste.

Plate LIII Trieste and Capodistria, Diocese of

Above left: THE MOST HOLY TRINITY UNDER THE SEMBLANCE OF THREE HUMAN PERSONS. The Son crowns Mary Most Holy. Miniature by Jean Fouquet (1452-60) in the Book of Hours of Etienne Chevalier - Chantilly, Musée Condé. Above right: THE MOST HOLY TRINITY UNDER THE SEMBLANCE OF A TRIPLE HUMAN FACE appears to St. Augustine celebrating Holy Mass, after a pious woman came to disturb him during meditation (left). Detail of the Life of St. Augustine, painted in eight panels by the Master of Villa d'Utta (late 15th cent.) - Novacella, Pinacoteca dell'Abbazia. Below left: THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, at the sides Mary Most Holy with the Child and St. Sebastian. Miniature of 1503 in the Book of the confraternity of S. Sebastiano - Ried i. Innkreis. Below right: UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD, Incarnation Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Canvas of the school of Cignani (18th cent.). Forlimpopoli, church of S. Ruñilo.

Plate LIV Holy Trinity

Above left: PANORAMA OF THE NEW QUARTERS OF TRIPOLI. Above right: THE SGIAR-SCIARA WATERFALL near Tarhuna. Below: DETAIL OF THE MOSAICS of the Justinian Basilica - Sabratha.

Plate LV Tripolitania

Above left: CHRISTIAN CEMETERY OF AIN-ZARA. Above right: CHRISTIAN BASILICA, adapted in the judicial basilica - Sabratha.

Plate LVI Tripolitania

Above: DETAIL OF THE FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL (12th cent.) - Troia. Below left: A LION OF THE APSE WINDOW (last decade of the 12th cent.) - Troia, Cathedral. Centre: SILVER BUST OF ST. PONZIANO POPE MARTYR, by Ignazio d'Urso (1688) - Troia, Tesoro della Cattedrale. Below right: A CAPITAL (1st twenty years of the 12th cent.) - Troia, Cathedral.

Plate LVII Troia, Diocese of

Above left: TUNICLE EMBROIDERED IN SILK, work of the Benedictine abbess of Göss (Styria), Cunegonda II (1239-69) - Vienna, Museum of Industrial History. Below left: TUNICLE OF THE VESTMENTS OF BONIFACE VIII (13th cent.) - Anagni, Tesoro della Cattedrale. Right: TUNICLE IN WHITE BROCATELLO, with dense yellow and violet designs (16th cent.) - Monreale, Cathedral.

Plate LVIII Tunicella (Tunica, Tunica Linea, Tunica Striscia; Subtile; Dalmatica Minor, Dalmatica Subdiaconale)

Above: THE ANCIENT PORT OF CARTHAGE. Below: THE OASIS OF GABES.

Plate LIX Tunisia

Above: THE PIETÀ. Cymatium of the Roverella Altarpiece (ca. 1474) formerly in S. Giorgio in Ferrara - Paris, Louvre Museum. Below: CAPTURE AND MARTYRDOM OF ST. MAURELIUS - Ferrara, Pinacoteca.

Plate LX Tura, Cosimo, called Cosmè

Above left: THE AQUEDUCT of Daphne at Hatay. Above right: THE SULTANAHMET; in the foreground the gate of Hagia Sophia - Constantinople. Below left: "KARATAY", Sultan-Han at Kayseri (Caesarea). Below right: GATE of the citadel of Ankara.

Plate LXI Turkey

Above left: VIEW OF İZMİR. Above right: VIEW OF THE BYZANTINE WALLS - Constantinople. Below: THE TILE PAVILION (Çiniliköşk), 1466 - Constantinople.

Plate LXII Turkey

Augusta 1928, tur. 20)

Plate LXIII Turibulum

Above: SIDE AND APSE of the church of S. Pietro. The apse is of the 8th cent. - Tuscania. Below: FACADE of the church of S. Maria Maggiore (late 8th cent. - 12th cent.) - Tuscania.

Plate LXIV Tuscania, Diocese of

Left: PORTAL OF THE CATHEDRAL (early 14th cent.) - Tuy.

Plate LXV Tuy, Diocese of

Above left: ST. THEODOSIUS OF THE CAVES OF KIEV, founder of the church and the lavra which he offers to Jesus Christ. Print of 1625. Above right: PRINCES JAROPEK AND IRENE, WITH THEIR MOTHER KNEELING AT THE FEET OF ST. PETER. They came to Rome in 1075 to obtain the support of Gregory VII to reconquer for their father the kingdom of Kiev. Egbert Psalter (10th cent.), f. 5v. This f. is part of the additions of the late 11th cent. - Cividale, Museo archeologico, cod. CXXXVI. Below: THE "ČIUMAK" SALT CARRIER, protagonist of Ukrainian folk songs. Wax sketch by the living exiled sculptor, Bohdan Muchyn.

Plate LXVI Ukraine

Above left: THE MULTI-SPORT FIELD and the Ossuary Temple of the Fallen built to the design of the architects A. Limongelli and P. Valle. Above right: APSE AND BELL TOWER of the church of S. Francesco (2nd half of the 13th cent.). Below left: THE LOGGIA OF S. GIOVANNI, built by B. di Morcote (1533) with the Clock Tower, built to the design of Giov. da Udine (1527). Above, the Castle, to the design of Giov. Fontana (1517). Below right: PALAZZO DELLA LOGGIA, built by B. della Cisterna (1448-56) to the design of N. Lionelli. It was rebuilt in its original forms after the fire of 19 Feb. 1876.

Plate LXVII Udine, Diocese of

Above left: INTERIOR of the church of Bukalagi. Below left: ARITHMETIC LESSON for small natives - Kisubi.

Plate LXVIII Uganda

Left: STELE depicting the God Ba'al with the thunderbolt (20th-19th cent. B.C.). Centre: IVORY RELIEF from Minat al-Bajdā', showing a female deity (14th cent. B.C.). Right: STATUETTE of a deity in silver with gold necklaces and skirt (20th-19th cent. B.C.).

Plate LXIX Ugarit

Above left: HUGH OF ST. VICTOR. Incipit of the De modo arandi - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Reg. lat. 292, f. 8° (late 12th cent.). Above right: HUGH OF CLUNY. Index of the chapters of the Life of Hugh of Cluny, written by Rainald abbot of Vézelay - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Reg. lat. 493, f. 142° (12th cent.). Below left: HUGH OF RIPELIN. Prologue of the Compendium theologia veritatis - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Reg. lat. 312, f. 61° (late 13th cent.). Below right: HUGH ETERIANO. Prologue of the De Immortali Deo (de hærcibus græcorum) - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Urb. lat. 108, f. 2° (15th cent.).

Plate LXX Hugh, Bishop of Grenoble, Saint

THE RELIQUARY OF THE MOST HOLY CORPORAL, by Ugolino di Vieri and assistants (1338). Left: the recto. From top and from left to right, stories relating to the Miracle: 1) Miracle of Bolsena; 2) Urban IV priest; 3) Urban IV bishop; 4) The bishop at Bolsena; 5) The bishop goes toward Orvieto; 6) The Pope goes to meet the Corporal; 7) exposition of the Corporal; 8) Urban IV and St. Thomas. In the last band the stories of Christ which continue then on the verso: 1) entry of Jesus into Jerusalem; 2) Last Supper; 3) Washing; 4) Discourse. Right: the verso. From bottom and from left to right: 1) Centemani; 2) capture of Christ; 3) meeting with Anna; 4) Caiaphas; 5) in the Praetorium; 6) before Brode; 7) again in the Praetorium; 8) Ecce Homo; 9) ascent to Calvary; 10) Crucifixion; 11) Deposition; 12) Resurrection - Orvieto, Cathedral.

Plate LXXI Ugolino di Vieri di Ugolino

Above left: INCIPIT of book III of Lucan's De bello civili. Autograph codex of Pomponio Leto - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Vat. lat. 3285, f. 25° (1469-70). Above right: INCIPIT of book XXIII of Pliny's Naturalis historia. Manuscript in humanistic minuscule of the 15th cent. - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Ottob. lat. 1594, f. 104. Below left: PROLOGUE of the De aqueductibus Urbis Remæ, by G. Frontinus, with humanistic miniature of northern Italy - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Urb. lat. 1354, f. 1° (15th cent.). Below right: INCIPIT of book II of Paralipomenon, from the Bible of Duke Federico of Urbino, illuminated by Attavante Attavanti and his school, commissioned by Vespasiano da Bisticci for the Duke of Urbino - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Urb. lat. 1, f. 179° (1476).

Plate LXXII Humanistic Script and Illumination

Above left: PANORAMA OF ASSISI with the Sacred Convent of S. Francesco and Mount Subasio - Assisi. Above right: LAKE PIEDILUCO seen from Monte dell'Eco. Below left: "LE CARCERI", Franciscan hermitage which takes its origin from an oratory donated to St. Francis by the Benedictines of Subasio - Assisi. Below right: THE NERA VALLEY, near Narni.

Plate LXXIII Umbria

Above left: PIAZZA DELLA LIBERTÀ IN BEVAGNA: on the left the Palazzo dei Consoli (late 13th cent.), on the right the church of S. Silvestro (1195). The fountain is of 1889. Above right: FACADE of the abbatial church of S. Bevignate (late 13th cent.) - Perugia. Below left: PIAZZA VITTORIO EMANUELE IN TODI: in the background, on the right, the Palazzo dei Priori (1293-1347) and on the left the Palazzo del Popolo (with staircase, 1213-33) and the Palazzo del Capitano, with pointed triforas (ca. 1290). Below right: SANCTUARY OF MONGIOVINO by Rocco da Vicenza and assistants (engraved in 1513).

Plate LXXIV Umbria

Above left: MARS OF TODI. Bronze statue of the 4th-3rd cent. B.C. On the lower front of the cuirass an Umbrian-Latin inscription with the name of the dedicator Ahal Trutitis - Vatican, Museo Gregoriano-Etrusco. Above right: MADONNA AND CHILD. Wooden group by unknown (14th cent.) - Orvieto, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. Below left: JUSTICE. Terracotta statuette by Benedetto da Maiano (1442-97) - Perugia, Sala d'Udienza del Collegio del Cambio. Below right: THE PIETÀ. Marble sculpture by I. Scalza (1579) - Orvieto, Cathedral.

Plate LXXV Umbria

Above left: ST. FRANCIS, panel painting by the Master of St. Francis (late 13th cent.) - Perugia, Pinacoteca. Above right: ST. CLARE and stories of her life. Panel painting by the Master of St. Clare (1283) - Assisi. Below left: MIRACLE OF ST. JAMES, the condemned innkeeper, miraculously supported by the saint. Detail of the frescoes by P. A. Mezzastris (late 15th cent.) - Assisi, Oratorio dei Pellegrini. Below right: DEPOSITION. Painting by F. Baroccio (1569) - Perugia, Cathedral.

Plate LXXVI Umbria

Above left: HOUSE OF THE PIARISTS in Budapest. Above right: GARDEN FACADE of the Castle of Sâmuputak, the so-called Perényi wing (ca. 1530). At centre left the Old Tower. Below left: CITY OF FIVE CHURCHES stormed by the prince of Baden (Oct. 1686). Engraving after a drawing by G. De Rossi - Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana.

Plate LXXVII Hungary

Above left: CHURCH of Zsámbék (13th cent.). Above right: CASTLE of Vajdahunyad, rebuilt in the 19th cent. in Budapest. Below left: THE CASTLE Bethlen at Keresd (1559-98). Below right: THE FISHERMEN'S BASTION and the church of the Coronation (19th cent.) - Budapest.

Plate LXXVIII Hungary

Above left: MAIN FAÇADE OF THE ULUGBEK PALACE - Samarkand. Above right: MAUSOLEUM OF ISMAIL SAMANI (late 9th cent. - early 10th cent.) - Bukhara. Below left: THE CHURCH OF IKORTA (a. 1172). Below right: THE CATHEDRAL OF NOVGOROD dedicated to the divine Sophia, after the restoration of 1948.

Plate LXXIX Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)

Above left: MONUMENT TO JAN VAN RIEBEECK - Cape Town. Above right: CAPE PENINSULA with the road that runs at the base of Chapman's Peak. Below left: TYPICAL VILLAGE ROAD of the Ndebele tribe, near Pretoria. Below right: VILLAGE in the Ciskei reserve.

Plate LXXXI Union of South Africa

Right: GIOVANNI D'ANDREA PRESENTS THE DECRETALS TO THE POPE (above) and the lecture, on the right a copyist in the act of tracing a codex (below). Miniature by Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna (c. 1320) illustrating the Novella super Decretalibus - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Vat. lat. 1456, f. 1°. Right: GIOVANNI D'ANDREA LECTURES and presents the Decretals to the Pontiff. Miniature by Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna and pupils (14th cent.) illustrating the Novella super Sextum - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Vat. lat. 2233, f. 1°.

Plate LXXXII University

Above: THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. Below left: PORTAL AND SIDE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA (15th-16th cent.). Below right: PORTAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF URBINO (14th cent.) surmounted by coats of arms of the Montefeltro (15th cent.).

Plate LXXXIII University

THE UNIVERSE SUPPORTED BY THE WORD. Fresco by Piero di Puccio (1390). In the centre is represented the earth surrounded by the concentric circles of the four elements, of the planets and of the nine celestial hierarchies. In the two lower corners St. Augustine and St. Thomas - Pisa, Camposanto.

Plate LXXXIV Universe

Above: STELE OF UR-NAMMU, reconstructed and partially restored. Above left the symbols of Ishtar and Nanna on a figure speaking to Nanna. 2nd register: libation scene of Ur-Nammu. 3rd register: Ur-Nammu carries the tools to build the ziqqurat. Below: IMPRESSION OF THE SEAL OF UR-NIGINGAR, archivist, found at Ur. On the left sits King Ibbi-Sin, whom the inscription calls "god of his land"; on the right the archivist and behind him a goddess are in adoration.

Above left: SIDE AND FAÇADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. FRANCESCO, rebuilt in 1740 with the portico of the 14th cent. - Urbino. Above right: EXTERIOR OF THE DUOMO, begun in 1447 by L. Laurana. The façade was completed in 1801, on a design by C. Marigia (1743-95). Below left: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. BERNARDINO (15th cent., attributed to F. di G. Martini or to D. Bramante). Below right: DUCAL PALACE: sides facing Piazza V. Emanuele and Piazza Duca Federico. The Palace, begun in c. 1447, was continued and transformed by L. Laurana, after 1468 and raised by one storey by G. Genga around 1583.

Plate LXXXVI Urbino, Archdiocese of

Above left: CHURCH OF S. NICOLA begun in the 12th cent., remodelled in the 15th cent. Above right: CHURCH OF S. MARIA. The Romanesque cloister (12th cent.) after the restoration of 1903. Below: VIEW OF OLDENZAAL.

Plate LXXXVII Utrecht, Archdiocese of

Above: PIAZZA DEL POPOLO seen from the Pincio, in the layout by Valadier - Rome. Below left: FAÇADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. ROCCO - Rome. Below right: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. CRISTINA - Cesena.

Plate LXXXVIII Valadier, Giuseppe

Above left: CHURCH OF THE ANTICA or of S. Maria (14th cent.) with Romanesque bell tower (12th cent.). The church is today almost completely rebuilt. Above right: FAÇADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. PAOLO due to card. Juan de Torquemada (1439-68). Below: CATHEDRAL executed on designs by Juan de Herrera (late 16th cent.). The façade is by A. Churriguera (1730).

Plate LXXXIX Valladolid, Archdiocese of

Above left: FAÇADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARIA DELLA TOMBA (15th cent.) - Sulmona. Below left: HERMITAGE OF CELESTINE V - Sulmona. Right: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARIA of Bominaco (late 11th cent.). The ambo is of 1180.

Plate XC Valva and Sulmona, Diocese of

Left: PORTRAIT OF LORENZO FROIMONT - Brussels, Museum of Ancient Art. Centre: ANNUNCIATION - Antwerp, Royal Museum of Fine Arts. Right: JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA. Detail of the Deposition - Escorial, Chapter House.

Plate XCI Van der Weyden, Roger

Above left: THE ASSUMPTION (1622-27) - Florence, Private collection. Above right: THE VIRGIN OF THE ROSARY - Palermo, Oratory of the Rosary. Below: LAMENTATION OVER THE DEAD CHRIST (1634) - Antwerp, Royal Museum of Fine Arts.

Plate XCII Van Dyck, Anton

Above: SACRISTY OF THE CHURCH OF S. AGOSTINO - Rome.

Plate XCIII Vanvitelli, Luigi

Above: PANORAMA OF THE CITY.

Plate XCIV Warsaw (Warszawa), Archdiocese of

Above left: FAÇADE OF THE PALAZZO DEGLI UFFIZI on the Lungarno by G. Vasari with completions by A. Parigi (1560-85) - Florence. Below left: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. STEFANO DE' CAVALIERI - Pisa. Right: CLEMENT VII CROWNS CHARLES V. Ceiling of the Sala di Clemente VII - Florence, Palazzo Vecchio.

Plate XCV Vasari, Giorgio

Above: ST. PETER'S, THE PALACES AND THEIR IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS. Detail of the plan of Rome, at the time of Clement VIII, drawn by Antonio Tempesta in 1593, reproduced from a Vatican copy of 1606 (identical to the previous one). Below: VIEW OF ST. PETER'S SQUARE and of Via della Conciliazione from the dome of the basilica of St. Peter.

Plate XCVI Vatican

Above left: BASILICA OF ST. PETER. Dividing wall of Paul III to separate the new from the old construction. Drawing by G. Grimaldi - Biblioteca Vat., coll. R. th. lat. 2735, f. 115. Above right: ATRIUM AND FACADE of the ancient basilica of St. Peter (16th-17th cent.), drawing by D. Tasselli (early 17th cent.), preserved in the Albam Grimaldi. The elevation of the facade of the 11th cent. is reproduced under the entry GREGORY I - Archivio cap. di S. Pietro. Below left: BASILICA OF ST. PETER. Elevation of Bramante's building. Drawing by Martino van Hermekertz (16th cent.). Below right: ST. PETER'S SQUARE with the decorations for the Corpus Domini procession. The custom of placing an awning along the route of this procession dates back to Paul IV (1555-59). On the facade on the left one sees Bernini's bell tower, demolished because it was unsafe. Painting by Jacob Issakst van Swanenburg (1642-46) - Rome, Collezione Heriziana.

Plate XCVII Vatican

Above: SOUTH SIDE OF THE BASILICA OF ST. PETER. Transport of the obelisk by Domenico Fontana (30 Apr. - 10 Sept. 1586) following the order given by Sixtus V. Fresco of the second "Sala Sistina", executed under the direction of Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89) - Biblioteca Vaticana. Below: ST. PETER'S SQUARE AND BASILICA with the obelisk moved by Sixtus V. Panel of the "Salone Sistino". Fresco executed under the direction of Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89) - Biblioteca Vaticana.

Plate XCVIII Vatican

Above: SOUTH SIDE OF THE BASILICA OF ST. PETER. Transport of the obelisk by Domenico Fontana (30 Apr. - 10 Sept. 1586) following the order given by Sixtus V. Fresco of the second "Sala Sistina", executed under the direction of Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89) - Biblioteca Vaticana. Below: ST. PETER'S SQUARE AND BASILICA with the obelisk moved by Sixtus V. Panel of the "Salone Sistino". Fresco executed under the direction of Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89) - Biblioteca Vaticana.

Plate XCVIII Vatican

Above left: MICHELANGELO'S PROJECT for the basilica and square of St. Peter. Fresco of the second "Sala Sinina", executed under the direction of Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Neldon (1588-89) - Biblioteca Vaticana. Above right: THE DOME seen from the Vatican Gardens. Below left: ST. PETER'S SQUARE, executed by G. L. Bernini from 1656 to 1666. The fountain is by Madero, but arranged by Bernini. Below right: REAR PART of the basilica of St. Peter, with the buildings destroyed following the urban reorganization of Vatican City, begun in 1929.

Plate XCIX Vatican

Above left: MICHELANGELO'S PROJECT for the basilica and square of St. Peter. Fresco of the second "Sala Sueina", executed under the direction of Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89) - Biblioteca Vaticana. Above right: THE DOME seen from the Vatican Gardens. Below left: ST. PETER'S SQUARE, executed by G. L. Bernini from 1656 to 1666. The fountain is by Maderno, but arranged by Bernini. Below right: REAR PART of the basilica of St. Peter, with the buildings destroyed following the urban reorganization of Vatican City, begun in 1929.

Plate XCIX Vatican

Left: AERIAL VIEW OF ST. PETER'S SQUARE AND BASILICA, after the Easter blessing "Urbi et Orbi", of Easter 1950. Right: INTERIOR OF THE MAJOR APSE of the basilica of St. Peter during a canonization.

Plate C Vatican

Above left: THE ALTAR OF THE CHAIR with the so-called "glory", work by G. L. Bernini (1658-66) - Basilica of St. Peter. Above right: FUNERARY MONUMENT OF GREGORY XVI, erected in 1855, work by Luigi Amici - Basilica of St. Peter, Cappella Gregoriana. Below: BRONZE GRILLE of the chapel of the Sacrament, executed on a design by F. Borromini with the coat of arms of Urban VIII (ca. 1630) - Basilica of St. Peter.

Plate CI Vatican

Above: NEW ARRANGEMENT OF THE VATICAN GROTTOES inaugurated by Pius XII on 5 June 1950.

Plate CII Vatican

Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL with the patrol walkway. Architecture by Giovannino de' Dolci (1480). Above right: ARCH OF THE BELLS. Entrance to the interior of Vatican City to the left of the basilica of St. Peter. Below left: CENTRAL PART OF THE FACADE OF THE BASILICA OF ST. PETER, work by Carlo Maderno (1607-14). In 1612, the date inscribed on the facade, only the masonry work was finished. Below right: BRAMANTE'S STAIRCASE (first decade of the 16th cent.), leaning against the Palazzetto of Innocent VIII.

Plate CIII Vatican

Above: CORNER OF THE WALLS OF THE LEONINE CITY with the coat of arms of Paul III (8th year of the pontificate, 1542-43). Below: FACADE OF THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNATORATE OF VATICAN CITY, architect Momo, inaugurated in 1931.

Plate CIV Vatican

Above left: NORTH SIDE OF THE PALAZZETTO OF INNOCENT VIII (1484-92). On the left the exterior of Bramante's staircase; on the right the round hall of the Museo Pio-Clementino. Above right: RAPHAEL'S LOGGETTA on the courtyard of the Maresciallo (ca. 1516), restored by Pius XII (1945). Below left: THE FONTANA DELLA GALERA, built by Paul V and restored by Pius VI. In the centre of the basin, bronze Galley (1615-22). Below right: COURTYARD OF THE SENTINEL, with recent additions and restorations.

Plate CV Vatican

Above left: THE FIRST OF THE "SALE PAOLINE" of the Biblioteca Vaticana, frescoed under Paul V (1610-11). On the back wall, scene of the canonization of St. Charles Borromeo. Above right: LIBRARY OF SIXTUS V OR "SALONE SISTINO", frescoed under the direction of Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia (1588-89). Below left: THE SALA DUCALE, frescoed under Paul IV (1555-59). The large stucco curtain with angels is by G. L. Bernini. Below right: HALL OF THE MUSEO SACRO, opened in 1768. On the vault the Triumph of the Church and the three theological virtues, frescoed by Stefano Pozzi (1768).

Plate CVI Vatican

Above: ENTRANCE TO THE MUSEO SACRO of the Biblioteca Vaticana with the coat of arms of Benedict XIV, its founder (1756). Below: THE MUSEO PROFANO of the Biblioteca Vaticana, hall arranged in the 9th year of Clement XIII (1767-68).

Plate CVII Vatican

Above: FACADE OF THE PINACOTECA, built by L. Beltrami (1932). Below: THE RAPHAEL ROOM in the Pinacoteca, with the Madonna of Foligno, the Transfiguration, the Coronation of the Virgin, and tapestries executed from cartoons by Raphael, built by L. Beltrami, inaugurated by Pius XI, on 28 Oct. 1932.

Plate CVIII Vatican

Above left: PREACHING OF ST. STEPHEN by Blessed Angelico (1448-49) - Cappella Niccolina. Above right: DETAIL OF THE EXPULSION OF HELIODORUS FROM THE TEMPLE, fresco by Raphael (1512-14) - Stanza dell'Eliodoro. Below: MOSES AND JETHRO'S DAUGHTERS, fresco by S. Botticelli (1481-82) - Sistine Chapel.

Plate CIX Vatican

Above: HALL OF THE POPES or of the Conciliation in the Pontifical Lateran Missionary-Ethnological Museum, where the Lateran Pacts were signed on 11 Feb. 1929. On the walls, frescoes with the works of Sixtus V (1585-90), and portraits of the first Popes for each name, from St. Peter to St. Sylvester. Below: HALL OF PREHISTORY in the Pontifical Lateran Missionary-Ethnological Museum.

Plate CXII Vatican

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Plate CXIII Vatican

Above: VATICAN LIBRARY. Reading room renovated in 1933, with metal shelving. In the background, bust of Leo XIII who was its founder. Below: VATICAN LIBRARY. Reading room renovated in 1933 with the general catalogue of printed books.

Plate CXIV Vatican

Above: HALL KNOWN AS OF THE WRITERS in the Library of Sixtus V (1585-90), frescoed by Paolo Brill and Marco da Faenza. Beside the door, which leads into the great "Sistine Hall", marble tablet with inscription summarizing the history of the Pontifical Library. On the walls, portraits of the cardinal librarians. Desks and benches from the 16th cent. Below left: NEW STACKS of the Vatican Library with metal shelving, commissioned by Pius XI (1928 and 1931). Six floors with a linear development of ca. 35 km. Third floor: the supporting structure of the vault is visible. Below right: NEW STACKS of the Vatican Secret Archives, with metal shelving, commissioned by Pius XI (1933). Two floors with a linear development of ca. 13 km. Ground floor. Pius XII in 1950 renovated the old stacks equipping them with 468 cabinets with 5,500 km of metal shelving.

Plate CXV Vatican

Above: GOLDEN SEAL OF PHILIP II of Spain, in the diploma with which he recognizes the Pope's investiture of the Kingdom of Sicily (1st Oct. 1555) - Vatican Secret Archives, Cabinet I. XVIII. 522. Below: LETTER OF THE CHINESE EMPRESS, Christian, Helena, to Pope Innocent X (1644) - Vatican Secret Archives, Cabinet I. XVIII. 1790.

Plate CXVI Vatican

Above: VATICAN OBSERVATORY in its current seat on the Pontifical Palace of Castel Gandolfo. Below left: TOWER OF LEO IV, former seat of the Vatican Observatory, currently included in the building complex of Vatican Radio. Below right: INTERIOR OF THE ROTATING DOME of the Vatican Observatory in its current seat on the Pontifical Palace of Castel Gandolfo.

Plate CXVII Vatican

Above: SEAT OF THE VATICAN RADIO STATION. Below: VATICAN RADIO STATION: Central control room, with direct view of 2 studios and 2 booths, equipped with recorders.

Plate CXVIII Vatican

Above: RECUMBENT STATUE in bronze of Bishop Girolamo Foscari (1463-64) - Rome, church of S. Maria del Popolo. Below: CRUCIFIXION. Detail of a predella - Pienza, Museo della Cattedrale.

Plate CXIX Vecchietta, Lorenzo di Pietro, detto Il

Above: CHRIST AT THE COLUMN - London, National Gallery.

Plate CXX Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y

Above left: TOWER OF THE TRIVIUM, completed in 1353 - Velletri. Above right: LANCELLOTTI PALACE NOW GINNETTI, architect Martino Longhi the Elder (16th cent.) - Velletri. Below: THE LAKE and remains of the medieval city of Ninfa.

Plate CXXI Velletri, Diocese of

Above left: PANORAMA of Arquà Petrarca. Above right: VIEW of the Val Venosta. Below left: THE WALLS OF MONTAGNANA, built by the Ezzelini and the Carraresi (13th cent.). Below right: GARDEN and facade of the villa Donà delle Rose, formerly Barbarigo (17th cent.) - Valsanzibio.

Plate CXXII Veneto

Above left: THE ARENA OF POLA, side facing the sea (1st cent. A.D.). Above right: THE SO-CALLED ARCH OF RICHARD (1st cent. A.D.) - Trieste. Below: PAGAN SARCOPHAGUS with putti and fragments of capitals - Aquileia, Museo archeologico.

Plate CXXIII Veneto

Above left: THE GOTHIC CHURCH OF S. FERMO MAGGIORE (2nd half of the 13th cent.) - Verona. Above right: FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. SOFIA (11th cent., completed in the 13th cent.) - Padua. Below: SIDE AND FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. FRANCESCO (end of the 13th cent.) - Bassano.

Plate CXXIV Veneto

Above left: GLORIFICATION OF ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, by L. Bastiani (2nd half 15th cent.) - Venice, Gallerie dell'Accademia. Above right: PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE and Massacre of the Innocents. Paintings (formerly organ shutters) by V. Carpaccio (1523) - Capodistria, Cathedral. Below left: NATIVITY OF THE LORD. Miniature from the Epistolary decorated by Giovanni da Gaibana (1259) and preserved in the Sacristy of the Canons of the cathedral of Padua. Below right: ST. MARY MAGDALENE. Painting on panel, probably detail of a predella, attributed to F. Pacher, or to his school (end of the 15th cent.) - Bolzano, Museo civico.

Plate CXXV Veneto

Above left: THE "SCALA DEL BOVOLO" in the Corte Contarini, in Lombardesque style (1489) - Venice. Above right: DARIO PALACE on the Grand Canal, built by P. Lombardo in 1487. Below: AERIAL VIEW of Piazza and Piazzetta S. Marco. At the centre the bell tower, on the left the domes of the Basilica and the courtyard of the Doge's Palace. In the background, on the right, the Punta della Dogana.

Plate CXXVI Venice, Patriarchate of

Above: FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF S. MICHELE, on the island of the same name (Cemetery of the city), work by Mauro Codussi (1469-78). On the left the Cappella Emiliana, built by G. Bergamasco (1530) - Venice. Below: UPPER HALL of the scuola of S. Rocco. The painting on the altar and the canvases on the walls and ceiling are by J. Tintoretto (1564-88) - Venice.

Plate CXXVII Venice, Patriarchate of

Above left: THE VISITATION. Detail of the mosaics of the Chapel of the Madonna dei Mascoli (15th cent.) - Venice, basilica of S. Marco. Above right: THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST. Below, the Virgin flanked by two angels and the twelve Apostles; between the windows sixteen virtues; in the pendentives, the four Evangelists. Byzantine mosaic (12th cent.) - Venice, vault of the central dome of the basilica of S. Marco. Below left: DOGE LOREDANO by G. Bellini - Paris, Spiridon Collection. Below right: THE ANNUNCIATING ANGEL. Detail of the frescoes of the mid-13th cent., on the arch of the chapel to the left of the high altar, in the church of S. Giovanni Decollato - Venice.

Plate CXXVIII Venice, Patriarchate of

Above left: THE APOTHEOSIS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Byzantine-style relief of the 12th cent. on the side of the basilica of S. Marco towards the Piazza dei Leoncini - Venice. Below left: EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF ST. ROCCO. Wood carvings by G. Marchiori (1720). Detail of a wall of the upper hall in the scuola of S. Rocco - Venice. Right: THE SO-CALLED "PORTA DELLA CARTA", work by Giovanni and Bartolomeo Bon (1438-43) - Venice, Doge's Palace.

Plate CXXIX Venice, Patriarchate of

Left: FACADE OF THE BASILICA OF S. ANDREA, built in the years 1219-27 by Card. Guala Bicchieri - Vercelli. Above right: APSE OF THE ANCIENT PIEVE OF LENTA (11th cent.). Below right: CLOISTER OF THE BASILICA OF S. ANDREA (13th cent.) with vaults from 1520 - Vercelli.

Plate CXXX Vercelli, Archdiocese of

SANCTUARY OF LA VERNA: above left: General view of the Sanctuary; above right: The Stigmata (13th cent.); below left: Basilica (14th cent.) and corridor of the Stigmata; below right: Piazzale del Quadrante with the little church of S. Maria degli Angeli (13th cent.).

Plate CXXXI Verna, Maria Antonia

Above left: ROMANESQUE-GOTHIC CATHEDRAL (12th and 14th-15th cent.) and bell tower (first half-cell by Sanmicheli, 16th cent.). Above right: ENTRANCE TO THE COURTYARD OF THE CHURCH OF SS. NAZARO AND CELSO (1688), in the background the facade (1464-66) - Verona. Below: AERIAL VIEW OF THE CITY. In the foreground Piazza delle Erbe and the courtyard of the Palazzo del Comune with the Torre dei Lamberti (12th cent.) - Verona.

Plate CXXXII Verona, Diocese of

Above left: THE ARENA, Roman amphitheatre (late 1st cent. AD) - Verona. Above right: CRENELLATED OR SCALIGER BRIDGE (14th cent.) - Verona. Below left: REMAINS OF THE ROMAN THEATRE (Augustan period) on which stands the church of S. Libera, founded in 920 with 14th-cent. portico and staircase of 1697-1703 - Verona. Below right: CLOISTER OF THE ANCIENT BENEDICTINE ABBEY OF S. ZENO (9th-12th-14th cent.) - Verona, basilica of S. Zeno.

Plate CXXXIII Verona, Diocese of

Left: COPY OF THE VERONICA, portrayed from the original with the permission of Gregory XV (1621-23), as attested by a note on the back of the painting - Rome, church of the Gesù. Right: THE HOLY FACE (Τὸ ἄγιον Μανώλλον), preserved in the church of S. Giorgio degli Armeni, brought from Constantinople to Genoa in the 14th cent. The 10 small panels, applied on the gold covering of finest filigree, contain scenes of the legend of the Mandylion - Genoa.

Plate CXXXIV Veronica

Above: DETAIL OF THE EQUESTRIAN MONUMENT OF B. COLLEONI (1481-88) - Venice, Campo dei SS. Giovanni e Paolo. Below: DECAPITATION OF THE BAPTIST. Detail executed by V. of the 14th-cent. silver altar frontal - Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.

Plate CXXXV Verrocchio, Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni, detto il

Left: INTERIOR OF THE CHAPEL OF THE CASTLE, completed in 1710 - Versailles. Above right: GROVE OF THE COLONNADE, built to a design by Mansart (1685) - Versailles. Below right: THE BEDCHAMBER OF LOUIS XV, with Gobelins tapestries, with stories of Don Quixote (1783) - Versailles.

Plate CXXXVI Versailles

1) CAST OF THE GLASS CUP, found at Ostia in the so-called house of the Priest, with engravings and intaglios depicting Christ holding with his left hand the monogrammed cross, and with his right an open book; at the sides a palm and a basket of loaves (late 4th - early 4th cent.) - Ostia, Museum. 2) GOLDEN GLASS with Lawrence and Cyprian, for Cyprian, (4th cent.) - Biblioteca Vaticana, Museo Cristiano, no. 294. 3) GOLDEN GLASS with the portraits of two spouses crowned by Christ in the centre, and around: Peter, Paul, Lawrence, Sixtus, Cyprian, Epolinus (4th cent.) - Florence, Museo archeologico. 4) GOLDEN GLASS WITH GOOD SHEPHERD (4th cent.) - Rome, cemetery of Panfilo. 5) TRIPTYCH WITH GLASSES ADORNED WITH FIGURES IN GOLD, depicting the Cresciglione and, at the sides, the Madonna and Child and St. Michael the Archangel, work by Jacopino Cietario (1460) - Turin, Museo civico di arte antica.

Plate CXXXVII Glass

Left: SHIP, stained glass of the Palace of Jacques-Cœur (15th cent.) - Bourges. Above right: CHRIST WITH THE CROSS AND STANDARD. 13th-cent. stained glass in the church of Endre in Gotland (Sweden). Below right: ADORATION OF THE MAGI, detail of a stained glass of 1327 - Annaberg, near Mariatteli, parish church.

Plate CXXXVIII Glass

Above left: THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN. Detail of the stained glass executed from a cartoon attributed to Duccio da Boninsegna (early 14th cent.) - Siena, Duomo. Below left: RESURRECTION. Stained glass executed from a design by L. Ghiberti (1425) - Florence, Duomo. Right: CALLING OF ST. MATTHEW. Stained glass painted by fra' Guglielmo di Marcillat (1518) - Arezzo, Duomo.

Plate CXXXIX Glass

Left: THE CRUCIFIXION. Station XI, sculpture by G. Manzù (1952) - Rome, church of S. Eugenio. Right: DETAIL OF THE STATION OF THE ECCE HOMO, now no longer in use. Via Crucis with 4 stations and a Calvary, commissioned by canon Gerhard Berendonck (1325-36), depicted on the right - Xanten, Duomo.

Plate CXL Way of the Cross

Above left: ONE OF THE THREE FACADES of the sanctuary of Monte Berico, rebuilt between 1687 and 1703 to a design by C. Borella. The bas-reliefs and statues are by Orazio Marinali (late 17th - early 18th cent.) - Vicenza. Above right: EXTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL (ca. 1467) - Vicenza. Below left: LOGGIA DEL CAPITANIO, begun by A. Palladio on 25 Aug. 1571 and left unfinished - Vicenza. Below right: PALAZZO BIEGO by A. Palladio (1552) - Vicenza.

Plate CXLI Vicenza, Diocese of

Above left: EXTERIOR OF S. STEFANO seen from the Stock im Eisen - Vienna. Above right: ROMANESQUE OSSUARY (mid-13th cent.); Romanesque-Gothic upper floor (ca. 1300) - Pulkau. Below left: INTERIOR OF S. STEFANO, after the restoration of 1945-51 - Vienna. Below right: INTERIOR OF THE PARISH CHURCH of Wiener Neustadt (13th cent., with Gothic choir 14th cent.).

Plate CXLII Vienna (Wien, Lat. Vindobona), Archdiocese of

Above left: PIAZZA AND CHURCH OF THE UNIVERSITY, work by A. Pozzo (1628-31) - Vienna. Above right: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. PIETRO, built to a design by Gabriele Montani (1703-1708) - Vienna. Below: AERIAL VIEW of the imperial quarter with the Museums in the foreground - Vienna.

Plate CXLIII Vienna (Wien, Lat. Vindobona), Archdiocese of

Above left: FACADE OF THE CATHEDRAL, dedicated to S. Maurice (14th-15th cent.) - Vienne. Above right: APSE AND BELL TOWER of the church of S. Andrea (12th cent.) - Vienne. Below left: INTERIOR OF THE ANCIENT BASILICA OF S. PIETRO (6th cent.), now Archaeological Museum - Vienne. Below right: CLOISTER of the ancient Benedictine abbey (12th cent.) - Vienne.

Plate CXLIV Vienne

Above: EXTERIOR OF THE BAPTISTERY of Lomello (8th-9th cent.) after the restoration (1940). In the background on the right the basilica of S. Maria Maggiore (11th cent.). Below: PIAZZA DUCALE, opened in 1492 to a design by Bramante, and facade of the Duomo, executed in 1680 to a design by bishop J. Caramuel di Lobkowitz - Vigevano.

Plate CXLV Vigevano, Diocese of

Left: SIDE FACADE OF PALAZZO FARNESE (1559-64) - Caprarola.

Plate CXLVI Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi (Barozio) da

Above: THE SEVEN CARDINAL AND THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, symbolically depicted in the upper part of the miniature by Niccolò da Bologna (1354), prefixed to the codex of Giovanni Andrea, Novello super quinque libris Decretalium. In the lower part the Liberal Arts - Biblioteca Ambrosiana B 42 inf. Below: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, by Hieronymus Bosch (ca. 1450 - 1516). In the roundels are depicted: the commendation of the soul, the temptations, the universal and particular judgments - Madrid, Prado.

Plate CXLVII Virtue

Left: ARK OF BERNABÒ VISCONTI, by a Campionese master, perhaps Bonino (late 14th cent.) - Milan, Castello Sforzesco. Right: FUNERARY MONUMENT OF GALEAZZO VISCONTI. The aedicule is by G. C. Romano, the Madonna and Child is by B. Briosco, the urn was executed to a design by G. Alessi (late 15th - early 16th cent.) - Pavia, church of the Certosa.

Plate CXLVIII Visconti, Ennio Quirino

Above left: OUR LORD AND THE EVANGELIST ST. LUKE. Visigothic miniature in a ms. of 975, containing the Explanatio in Apocalypsim by Beatus of Liébana - Gerona, Cathedral Archive, f. 14°. Above right: CODEX VIGILANUS, containing acts of Councils, in Visigothic minuscule of the period of perfection (AD 976) - Madrid, El Escorial, Library of the Real Monasterio, f. 20°. Below left: EXPOSITIO IN EPISTULAS B. PAULI APOSTOLI. End of the Epistle I to the Thessalonians and beginning of II. Visigothic ornamentation in a Catalan codex in Carolingian script (mid-11th cent.) perhaps from S. Maria di Ripoli - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Vat. lat. 5730, f. 195°. Below right: LUCAN, De bello civili, VIII, vv. 111-41. Codex in Visigothic minuscule of the period of decadence (early 12th cent.) - Biblioteca Vaticana, cod. Ottob. lat. 1210, f. 85.

Plate CXLIX Visigothic, Script and Miniature

Above: VISIT OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY TO ST. ELIZABETH. Predella executed by Zanobi Strozzi (15th cent.) for the altarpiece of the Annunciation by Beato Angelico - Madrid, Prado Gallery. Below left: VISIT OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY TO ST. ELIZABETH. Detail of the frescoes by Andrea Delitio (2nd half 15th cent.) - Atri, Cathedral. Below right: VISIT OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY TO ST. ELIZABETH, canvas by P. P. Rubens (ca. 1630) - Rome, Galleria della Villa Borghese.

Plate CL Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Above left: FACADE OF THE CHURCH OF THE GESÙ, formerly of S. Silvestro (11th cent.) - Viterbo. Above right: CLOISTER OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARIA DELLA VERITÀ (14th cent.) from 1912 seat of the Museo civico - Viterbo. Below left: INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL (12th cent., with renovations of 1681) - Viterbo. Below right: TRANSEPT OF THE CHURCH OF S. FRANCESCO (1236). On the right the tomb of Adrian V, with Cosmatesque decoration, attributed to Arnolfo di Cambio (13th cent.) - Viterbo.

Plate CLI Viterbo, Diocese of

Above left: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF MARY MOST HOLY. Assumption and coronation. Tympanum of the portal of the church of S. Maria dei Re (14th-15th cent.) - La Guardia. Below left: PIETRO MARTINEZ DE ALAVA, Renaissance bronze statue - Vitoria, church of S. Pietro. Right: PORTICO OF THE CATHEDRAL dedicated to Mary Most Holy (2nd half of the 14th cent.) - Vitoria.

Plate CLII Vitoria, Diocese of

Above: VIRGIN ENTHRONED WITH CHILD AND THE FOUR SAINTS Doctors of the Latin Church, executed in 1446 by Antonio Vivarini with the help of Giovanni d'Alemagna for the Scuola della Carità - Venice, Galleria dell'Accademia. Below: VIRGIN ENTHRONED WITH CHILD AND SAINTS, signed and dated 1480 work by Alvise Vivarini - Venice, Galleria dell'Accademia.

Plate CLIII Vivarini, Family

Above: TITLE PAGE AND BEGINNING OF THE SONG OF SONGS FROM THE VULGATE BIBLE, published by Sixtus V (Rome 1590), without taking into account the readings adopted by the commission of card. Caraffa. Note the plegulus pasted by order of the Pope, to modify the already published text: Cantica for Canticum; 2, 8, venit. Copy of the Biblioteca Vaticana deposited at the Pont. Ist. Biblico - Rome. Below left: AMIATINE BIBLE. Redra in the act of transcribing the sacred books (7th-8th cent.) - Florence, Biblioteca Laurenziana. Below right: TITLE PAGE OF THE VULGATE BIBLE, published (in the name of Sixtus V) by Clement VIII (Rome 1592), with the readings adopted by the cardinalatial commission. Note the almost absolute identity of the title page. Copy of the Biblioteca Vaticana, deposited at the Pont. Ist. Biblico - Rome.

Plate CLIV Vulgate

Above: VIEW OF THE BALZE. Above the abbey of SS. Salvatore, Giusto and Clemente, founded in the 11th cent., now abandoned - Volterra. Below left: THE ETRUSCAN ARCH. Rebuilt by the Romans, it preserves from the Etruscan era the jambs and the three heads - Volterra. Below right: PALAZZO DEI PRIORI (1208-57). In the lower part glazed terracotta plaques with coats of arms of the Florentine commissioners; the upper part of the Tower was executed after the earthquake of 1846 - Volterra.

Plate CLV Volterra, Diocese of

Above: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, founded in 1884. On the right side the S. K. Mullen Library - Washington.

Plate CLVI Washington, Archdiocese of

Left: SOUTH SIDE OF THE DUOMO, begun by Master Giacomo in 1263, finished in 1530 - Xanten. Right: ALTAR OF ST. MATTHIAS. The sculptures are by Master Heinrich of Holt (1525-31). The statues represent SS. Servatius, Matthias and Cornelius. The shutters with the preaching and martyrdom of St. Matthias (above Judas hanging from the tree) were painted in 1544 - Xanten, Duomo.

Plate CLVII Xanten (Ad Sanctos)

THE ANGEL ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST TO ZACHARIAS and ZACHARIAS STRUCK DUMB.

Plate CLVIII Zaccaria (Heb. Zēhharjâh « Jahweh si è ricordato »)

Above left: EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF S. MARCO (13th cent.), restored in the 19th cent. - Zagreb.

Plate CLIX Zagabria (Zagreb), Archdiocese of

Above left: FACADE OF THE DUOMO dedicated to S. Anastasia, completed in 1304 - Zara. Above right: THE LOGGIA DEL COMUNE, seat of the Biblioteca comunale P. A. Paravia, built by G. Sammicheli (1565) - Zara. Below left: CLOISTER OF THE CONVENT OF S. FRANCESCO (1556) - Zara. Below right: INTERIOR VIEW OF THE APSES of the church of S. Donato (early 9th cent.), now National Museum - Zara.

Plate CLX Zara (Zadar), Archdiocese of

FALL OF CHRIST. Detail of the Ascent to Calvary

Plate, p. 77 Tiepolo Giov. Battista

(fut. Piczi)

Plate, p. 127 Titian, Vecellio

1. Regional boundaries - 2. Provincial boundaries - 3. Boundaries of ecclesiastical district - 4. Roads - 5. Railways - 6. Oratories - 7. Parish churches - 8. Abbeys.

Plate, p. 471 Umbria

Above left: CENTRAL PART OF THE FAÇADE of the Ethnographic Museum of the Peoples of the U.S.S.R. in Leningrad, built by arch. C. I. Rossi (1819-25). Above right: VIEW OF BAKU (Azerbaijan). Below left: KING AZOT offers the church to Jesus Christ. Bas-relief of 826 in the church of Oprea (Georgia). Below right: THE ANNUNCIATION. Detail of the mosaics of 1125 in the church of Gelati (Georgia).

Plate, p. 510 T.v. Lxxx Unione Delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche

STARRY NIGHT (St-Rémy, June 1889)

Plate, p. 631 Van Gogh, Vincent

STATE OF THE VATICAN CITY.

Plate, p. 651 Vatican

Plate, p. 676

Plate, p. 676 Articulano

PLAN OF THE ANCIENT BASILICA OF ST. PETER inserted in the Greek-cross plan of Bramante-Michelangelo, drawn by Tiberio Alfarano (1589), published in Rome in 1590. The original of 1571, preserved in the Archivio capitolare di S. Pietro, is reproduced in vol. I, pl. 64 - Copy from the Biblioteca Vaticana.

GROUND-LEVEL PLAN OF THE VATICAN BUILDINGS NORTH OF THE BASILICA

Plate, p. 693 Vatican

LOGGIA OF RAPHAEL

Plate, p. 695 Vatican

Above left: THE NEW WING OF THE VATICAN MUSEUMS, built by the architect R. Stran (1817-22). Above right: SALA REGOLINI-GALASSI in the Museo critico, established by Gregory XVI (1837). Below left: THE HALL OF THE HEMICYCLE in the Museo epizio, established under Gregory XVI (1839). Below right: INTERIOR OF THE GALLERY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN SARCOPHAGI of the Museo cristiano lateranense, founded by Pius IX (1854) in the Palazzo del Laterano.

Plate, p. 712 Tav. Cn

Left: COURTYARD OF THE PALAZZO DEL LATERANO, architect D. Fontana (1986). Under the portico, pagan epigraphic collection; in the loggia Christian epigraphic collection arranged by G. B. De Rosa.

Plate, p. 713 Vatican

1. State borders - 2. Regional borders - 3. Provincial borders - 4. Borders of

Plate, p. 756 Vene

ecclesiastical circumscription - 5. Roads - 6. Railways - 7. Oratories - 8. Pirei - 9. Abbeys.