FULL PAGE PLATES PAUL III Frontispiece From Panvinio's "Elogia et imagines," edited by Lafreri in 1568 BONIFACE VIII READING THE BULL ANTIQUORUM FROM THE LOGGIA OF THE LATERAN THE GRAVE OF MARTIN V BY SIMONE GHINI, IN ST. JOHN THE CONVENTIONAL VIEW OF MEDIEVAL ROME With the Vatican Obelisk, the Torre delle Milizie, the Pantheon, and the Column of Trajan in the background of Ghirlandajo's “Rape of the Sabines," now in the Colonna gallery A BATTLE NEAR THE GATES OF ROME, BY PAOLO UCCELLO With a view of the leading monuments of the city, including the Torre A VIEW OF THE PORTO LEONINO ON THE TIBER To show the place (marked +) where Santa Francesca Romana was rescued from drowning THE PLAGUE OF ALEXANDER VII, A. 1659 From a rare contemporary print representing the following scenes: (1) The inspection of the city gates by Prince Chigi. (2) Barge-loads of corpses from the Lazaret in the island of San Bartolomeo. (3-5) Various practices for fighting the plague in the infected districts. (6) The "field of death," near St. Paul outside the Walls THE INUNDATION OF 1900 As seen in the Piazza della Bocca della Verità 5 13 25 54 71 78 84 THE MONUMENTAL GROUP OF SAN LORENZO FUORI LE MURA 105 From an engraving by Israel Silvestre THE LOGGIA OF GIOVANNI DA UDINE IN THE VILLA MADAMA. DETAILS OF THE CEILING . 121 |