. The history of Romanism : from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time; with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossary; illustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persections, and historical incidents . nsequence of the pressure of the vastmultitude on a certain day, no less than ninety-seven pilgrims werethrown at once from the bridge of St. Angelo and drowned. Thisbridge is one of the favorite spots for viewing the vast and splendidfabric of St. Peters, especially on the night of th
. The history of Romanism : from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time; with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossary; illustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persections, and historical incidents . nsequence of the pressure of the vastmultitude on a certain day, no less than ninety-seven pilgrims werethrown at once from the bridge of St. Angelo and drowned. Thisbridge is one of the favorite spots for viewing the vast and splendidfabric of St. Peters, especially on the night of the great festivals,when the dome is almost instantaneously illuminated, not by any in-genious mechanical contrivance, but by the vast number of handsemployed, each of whom, at a given signal, lights the lamp at whichhe is stationed, and thus converts, in a moment, the noble and statelydome, into a vast hemisphere of liquid light. Our artist has represented, in the adjoining engraving, the acci-dent at the bridge of St. Angelo, during the Jubilee of 1450, partlyas a memorial of that event, but chiefly on account of the finedistant view that is afforded of the church of St. Peters, and of alarge portion of the city from that spot. (See Engraving.)We have preferred to represent St. Peters church as it is now. shap. v.] POPERY ON A TOTTERING THRONE—A. D. 1303-1545. 423 St. Peters. Taking of Constantinople. .(Eneas Sylvius chosen pope by the name of Pius II seen from the bridge of St. Angelo, rather than the old church ofConstantine, which then occupied the site of St. Peters ; remindingthe reader, at the same time, that the foundation stone of the presentnoble edifice, was not laid till a half a century later, viz. by popeJulius in the year 1506. Of course, it is impossible to representin a distant view the magnificent square of St. Peters, surroundedby its stately colonnade of near three hundred pillars, with theEgyptian obelisk in the centre, and the beautiful fountain on eachsi
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