The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . the barbarians. I have three documents to present in relation to thisinteresting subject of the fate of the obelisks. One isan unpublished sketch by Carlo Fontana, showing the 1 See p. 152 of his book Degli obelischi di Boma, MDLXXXIX. THE SACK OF 1084 171 way the obelisk of the gardens of Sallust lay at themoment of its discovery. Another is a sketch byAngelo Maria Bandini, showing the injuries which thelower portion of the obelisk of the Campus jNIartiushad suffered before or at the time of its fall ; andlastly, the
The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . the barbarians. I have three documents to present in relation to thisinteresting subject of the fate of the obelisks. One isan unpublished sketch by Carlo Fontana, showing the 1 See p. 152 of his book Degli obelischi di Boma, MDLXXXIX. THE SACK OF 1084 171 way the obelisk of the gardens of Sallust lay at themoment of its discovery. Another is a sketch byAngelo Maria Bandini, showing the injuries which thelower portion of the obelisk of the Campus jNIartiushad suffered before or at the time of its fall ; andlastly, the record of my own experience in unearthingthe obelisk of the temple of Isis, near the apse of thechurch of La Fig. 29. — The obelisk of the gardens of Sallust, as it lay after it had fallen. The sketch of Carlo Fontana, here reproduced(Fig. 29), is dated March 21, 1706, and is preserved inthe private library of Queen Victoria at Windsor.^ Itshows the way in which one of the obelisks decoratingthe Egyptian casino of the gardens of Sallust had fallen,having been broken into two pieces, one double thelength of the other. This division of parts is especiallyinteresting in the light of Mercatis statement that in 1 Volume G 1, sheet 249. 172 DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME
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