Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...novae ct veteris urbis Romae, f. 40. b. 'colu(m)na antoniana uocatur altitudo ped. 177 cum gradibus 206 foramina 56 in qua uictorie et res gesta)e antonini imp. sculptae sunt houoli 24 et 24 canales' this last must refer to the egg and dart moulding of the capital. The column of M. Aurelius in the Piazza Colonna. c. 'apud capitem bouis.' The obelisk of Domitian erected in his Stadium, later placed in the Circus of Maxentius near the tomb of Caecilia Metella (which from the bucrania in its frieze bears the name of caput bouis) and re-erected in 1651, in the piazza Navona, almost exactly in its original position. d. 'reper)to fuit an)no D. 1512 in canpo martio.' The obelisk of Augustus in the Campus Martius, cf. CLL. vi. 702 and 30815. The inscription is given by Giuliano da Sangallo Sien. 3, cf. Fabriczy, op. cit. 75) and Mazochi, Epigrammata antiquae urbis, f. 11. The text is that of Mazochi, except. I. F for f IL at the end of the first line and augusto (a mere slip for aegupto) further down. The details of its first discovery are given in a note by Laelius Podager to his copy of Mazochi ( Vat. 8492), who says that it was found ' in the time of Julius II,' (1503-1513) but the actual year is only known from the present drawing: for Falb, // taccuino Senese di Giuliano da Sangallo (p. 30) gives no authority for his statement that it was first brought to light in 1511. It was, however, covered up again and only finally brought to the surface in 1748. (Lanciani, Ruins and Excavations, 467.) 70. (56'). This is entirely unknown to me. It seems to be the profile of the side of a marble vase, or else of a balustrade. 71. (584. a. A Doric architrave which I have not been able to identify. b. 'circum eclesiam s. petri roma)e.' A detail of the Doric order outside the...
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