Italy : handbook for travellers . ft: ; 121. Clio; 120. So-called Vestal, from Hadrians Villa. —V. Right: 107. Julius Cffisar f?). — IV. Left: 63. Minerva. — : 55. Torso of Hebe; left, 29. Head of a female faun; of a wounded Amazon. — II, Left: 16, 14. Muses. — I. 316 V. Right Bank. ROME. The Vatican. Right: 13. Winter, from the sarcophagus of P. ^lius Varus; left, , also from a sarcophagus; above, 2. Apollo sitting, a relief.— To the right is the entrance to the Braccio Nuovo (see helow).[The S. half of the corridor, separated from the Museo Chiaramontiby a ra
Italy : handbook for travellers . ft: ; 121. Clio; 120. So-called Vestal, from Hadrians Villa. —V. Right: 107. Julius Cffisar f?). — IV. Left: 63. Minerva. — : 55. Torso of Hebe; left, 29. Head of a female faun; of a wounded Amazon. — II, Left: 16, 14. Muses. — I. 316 V. Right Bank. ROME. The Vatican. Right: 13. Winter, from the sarcophagus of P. ^lius Varus; left, , also from a sarcophagus; above, 2. Apollo sitting, a relief.— To the right is the entrance to the Braccio Nuovo (see helow).[The S. half of the corridor, separated from the Museo Chiaramontiby a railing, contains the Galleria Lapidaria, which is not now open tothe public. It contains a collection of 300 heathen and early Christianinscriptions, made by Clement XIV. and Pius VI., and by Pius VII.;they were arranged and built into the walls under the direction of GaetanoMarini., the learned founder of the modern science of Latin gallery also contains ancient cippi, sarcophagi, and statues.]. The Vatican. ROME. V. Right Bank. 317 The *Braccio Nuovo, which we next visit (see ground-plan), was constructed by Rafael Stern under Paul VII. in saloon, roofed with tunnel vaulting, and lighted from above,is 77 yds. long and8/2yis. wide, and is embellished with fourteenancient columns of cipollino, giallo antico, alabaster, and Egyptiangranite. It contains 40 statues and about 80 busts. —Right: No. *, supposed to be one of those executed by Diogenes forthe Pantheon, restored by Thorvaldsen; 8. Gommodus in hunting- 1ft Of a ^m ^ g a3 U ^1 ° ffl M lii a 5 1 = ° u< ^ i^ Wi^
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