CONTENTS
| chap. | page | |
| VII. | The Grotte Vaticane, or Crypt of St. Peter's; which contain the Tomb of St. Peter and the Tombs of the Popes, and Shrines from Old St. Peter's. The Grotte Nuove, North Portion | 138 |
| VIII. | The Grotte Vecchie The eastern part of the Crypt | 158 |
| IX. | The Grotte Nuove, south side | 182 |
| X. | Nicholas v. and the Vatican: the Chapel of Nicholas v. | 190 |
| XI. | The Vatican Library, with its thirty-five thousand manuscripts: Picture Gallery, Ancient Roman Frescoes, Christian and Profane Museums | 213 |
| XII. | The Visits of Montaigne and Misson to the Vatican Library | 242 |
| XIII. | Leo xiii. and the foundation of the New Leonine Library where the printed books are now kept | 253 |
| XIV. | The Vatican Archives and the work of Cardinal Mai | 266 |
| XV. | The Private Gardens of the Pope | 278 |
| XVI. | The Pope's Coach-house: an Account of the old Cavalcata: the Vatican Workshops of Mosaics and Tapestries | 294 |
| XVII. | Raffaelle's Tapestries | 309 |
| XVIII. | The Paoline and Leonine Chapels and the Pope's Private Tapestry Rooms | 294 |
| XIX. | The Sistine Treasury | 329 |
| XX. | The Sacristy of St. Peter's | 339 |
| XXI. | The Dome of St. Peter's | 345 |
| XXII. | The Borgia Apartments | 353 |
| XXIII. | The Etruscan Museum | 386 |
| Index | 407 | |
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