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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Panvinio's Plan showing the relation of Nero's Circus to St. Peter's, and Hadrian's Circus to his Tomb, now the Castle of Sant' Angelo 48
From Pistolesi's Il Vaticano.
The Circus of Nero, where St. Peter was executed, as reconstructed by G. Fontana 49
From Pistolesi's Il Vaticano.
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The Crucifixion of St. Peter by Giotto now in the Sacristy of St. Peter's. The earliest known work of art in which the Tomb of Romulus and the Tomb of Caius Cestius are shown as the Duae Metae 52
From Pistolesi's Il Vaticano.
Sarcophagus of Nicolas v. in the Grotte Vecchie of St. Peter's Crypt. The carvings of Mino da Fiesole in the Crypt belonged to the Mausoleum over it 62
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The Courtyard of S. Damaso before the arcades were glazed by Pius ix. Drawn and engraved by G. Fontana. The apartments of the Pope occupy the right wing 64
From Pistolesi's Il Vaticano.
The Court of S. Damaso since Pius ix. glazed its arcades. The Pope's apartments are to the right, where the carriage is standing 65
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The Pavilion of the Casino of Pius iv. in the Vatican Gardens 72
The Ceiling of the Sala Regia 74
Giampietro Chattard's Plan of St. Peter's and its Portico 78
From Pistolesi's Il Vaticano.
Exterior of Old St. Peter's, Rome. Reproduced by permission from the British Museum Guide to the Early Christian and Byzantine Antiquities 84
The Grotte Vecchie of St. Peter's Crypt. Showing the Sarcophagus of the Old Pretender on the extreme right, and the urn containing the praecordia of Pius ix. next to it 90
Filippo Bonanni's reconstruction of the Basilica of Constantine 96
The Porch of St. Peter's 102
From Pistolesi's Il Vaticano.
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