. A tour through Italy : exhibiting a view of its scenery, its antiquities, and its monuments, particularly as they are objects of classical interest and elucidation : with an account of the present state of its cities and towns : and occasional observations on the recent spoliations of the French . m s a m B n s H s 9 n ii an s a m « m. H rfc ff ri c e s A Mnhops Throne D B Salts ottlu- aa-ffv C Die Altar ova-Ae lomh ot D ,:- ott/i,- Gioir E E Flam oI the Amhma-. F TheX^ay G G G G DoiiH, Aislrx HHH VaUihil, ,miiiiili, Mirr/i i,l8i:s THROUGH ITAL
. A tour through Italy : exhibiting a view of its scenery, its antiquities, and its monuments, particularly as they are objects of classical interest and elucidation : with an account of the present state of its cities and towns : and occasional observations on the recent spoliations of the French . m s a m B n s H s 9 n ii an s a m « m. H rfc ff ri c e s A Mnhops Throne D B Salts ottlu- aa-ffv C Die Altar ova-Ae lomh ot D ,:- ott/i,- Gioir E E Flam oI the Amhma-. F TheX^ay G G G G DoiiH, Aislrx HHH VaUihil, ,miiiiili, Mirr/i i,l8i:s THROUGH ITALY. 339 nazzo, (because -white tinged with a dehcate purple) and themost exquisite workmanship and proportions, were taken fromthe tomb of Adrian (Castel S. Angelo.) The transept or ratherthe walls and arches of the sanctuary rest upon ten other columns,and thirty more are employed in the decoration of the tomb ofthe Apostle and of the altars. These pillars are in general ofporphyry, and the four that support the central arches are ofvast magnitude. Two flights of marble steps lead from the naveto the sanctuary: the pavement of this latter part is of fine mar-ble; that of the former of shattered fragments of ancienttombs marked with inscriptions. The altar stands under acanopy terminated by an awkward Gothic pyramid ; the cir-cumf
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