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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