Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . 446 Another piece of work we faw (and tis an uncommonone) a portico of three miles in length, which goes from oneof the city-gates along a flat of a mile and a half, and fromthence for a mile and a half more up an afcent to a little church BOLOGNA. church on the top of a hill, where is lodgd a picture of theBleffed Virgin, pretended to have been painted by S. for the fake of this Santa Imagine (as tbey^call it) that thisportico was built, to make the proceffions along i
Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . 446 Another piece of work we faw (and tis an uncommonone) a portico of three miles in length, which goes from oneof the city-gates along a flat of a mile and a half, and fromthence for a mile and a half more up an afcent to a little church BOLOGNA. church on the top of a hill, where is lodgd a picture of theBleffed Virgin, pretended to have been painted by S. for the fake of this Santa Imagine (as tbey^call it) that thisportico was built, to make the proceffions along it, in devotionto that image, which is not at any time to be feen without a greatdeal of apparatus, lighting great number of wax-tapers, & the fun fhine at the fame time upon it, as it did when wefaw it. The devout look upon it kneeling, and have a fet ofprayers ufual upon the occafion. This portico was built by voluntary contributions; manyof the arches were done wholly at the expence of the nobility,and are diftinguifhed by the arms of the builder, which are paint-ed within them, and are repeated in every
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