The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . nd to crownthem with capitals and a pediment, Censori made a tourin Etruria, in the district of Tarquinii and Falerii. Hebrought back to Rome hundreds upon hundreds ofpounds of works of art in bronze, collected from thetombs of Corneto and Civita Castellana, which were allmelted up in the furnace, together with pieces of thebronze beams of the Pantheon. An entry dated July,1599, records the payment of scudi to Censori for mending a broken bronze column; for the manu-facture of three new capitals with foliage,
The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . nd to crownthem with capitals and a pediment, Censori made a tourin Etruria, in the district of Tarquinii and Falerii. Hebrought back to Rome hundreds upon hundreds ofpounds of works of art in bronze, collected from thetombs of Corneto and Civita Castellana, which were allmelted up in the furnace, together with pieces of thebronze beams of the Pantheon. An entry dated July,1599, records the payment of scudi to Censori for mending a broken bronze column; for the manu-facture of three new capitals with foliage, flowers,rosettes, and ovules; for the decorations of the entirecornice, consisting of 16 doves, 16 stars, and 2 largeangels; and for the expenses of his journey to Cornetoand Civita Castellana, to bring metal to Rome. The 248 DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME commune of Corneto received scudi for 66jpounds of bronze; I have not found the account rela-tive to Civita Castellana. In opposition to this shameful behaviour of theApostolic chamber, the City Council never granted. Fig. 43. —The Loggia of Pietro Squarcialupi, Palazzo del Senatore. permission to use materials from ancient structureswithout restrictions designed to protect the structuresthemselves. On September, 1520, Pietro Squarcialupi,Senator, wishing to complete the Loggia in front of thePalazzo del Senatore on the Capitol (Fig. 43), askedpermission to obtain stones from the neighbourhood ofthe triumphal arch of Septimius Severus. The decreeof the Council granting the authorisation is a model of
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