Travels in Europe Between the Years 1824 and 1828; Adapted to the Use of Travellers; and Comprising an Historical Account of Sicily, with a Guide for Strangers in that Island, Volume 1G. Masi, 1828 |
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Page 139 - ... (aleatrice the peasants call it,) which he places on her bed; and without which, he believes his child cannot be born. This custom is derived from the Greeks (t).
Page 272 - Molle, AD 312: it was coloured by Giulio Romano, who, respectfully leaving untouched the two Virtues already painted in oil by his great master, executed the rest of the work in fresco : and, according to general opinion, this is one of the very finest pictures in the first class of great works. The most striking Groups are, an Old Soldier raising his dying Son ; two Soldiers fighting, in the same part of the Picture ; and in the opposite part, Maxentius in the Tiber, vainly struggling to extricate...
Page 335 - My acquaintance, surprised at this behaviour, asked the mother why she acted so imprudently. ' Your daughter, ' continued he, ' is wholly unprovided for ; surely, then, you ought to rejoice in an opportunity of uniting her to a rich and worthy man.
Page 276 - Leo in., swearing, before Charlemagne, upon the Gospels, that he was not guilty of the crimes laid to his charge by the party who wished to depose him. The composition of this picture is admired ; as are several of the heads. The surbases of these rooms are finely painted in chiaro-scuro, by Polidoro di Caravaggio, and retouched by Carlo Maratta.
Page 160 - No vestiges remain of the ancient Port of Pisa, mentioned by Strabo : but it is supposed to have been near the mouth of the Arno, and not far from Leghorn. We' are told that this port was protected neither by mole nor pier ; and though open to every wind, yet vessels rode securely on its bosom, owing to the size and tenacity of the weeds, which were so closely interwoven as to exclude the agitation of the sea. The modern Baths, situated about three miles and a half to the north of Pisa, are elegant,...
Page 243 - ... monument erected by Augustus over the sepulchre of the imperial family was of white marble, rising in stages to a great height, and crowned by a dome, on which stood a statue of Augustus. Marcellus was the first who was buried in the sepulchre beneath. It stood near the present Porta del Popolo ; and the Bustum, where the bodies of the emperor and his family were burnt, is supposed to have stood on the site of the church of the Madonna of that name.
Page 204 - VIII. raised the level of it; so that the present floor is about 20 feet higher than that of the ancient temple, and its doors of bronze and porphyry columns were formerly much lower down. The original level may be seen by descending some steps near the altar. In this temple was discovered a pavement containing the Plan of Rome, cut on white marble, (probably in the reign of Septimius Severus and Caracalla,) which plan, mutilated and unmethodized, is now fixed into the wall of the staircase of the...