print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1865,0708.554-595
- Title
- Object: The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy. Vol. II
- Description
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The second volume of a book by Henry Gally Knight, illustrative of the ecclesiastical architecture of Italy with forty one plates, titles to each plate, a table of contents and a short descriptive text following each plate. The individual plates as follows:
1. The title page with the papal insignia below and surrounded by a decorative border
2. A view of the church of San Ciriaco in Ancona
3. A view of the Asinelli and Garisenda towers in Bologna
4. A view of the church of San Donato on Murano
5. A view of the church of Chiara Valle near Milan
6. A view of the church of San Zenone in Verona
7. A view of the interior of the church of San Zenone in Verona
8. A view of the doors to the church of San Zenone in Verona
9. A view of the interior of the church of Santa Maria in Trastavere, Rome
10. A view of the church of San Pietro in Spoleto
11. A view of the crypt of the cathedral in San Leone
12. A view of the town of San Leone
13. A view of the doors to the cathedral in Verona
14. A view of the church of San Donino near Parma
15. A view of the church of San Michele in Lucca
16. A view of the cathedral in Trent
17. A view of the church of Santa Maria in Toscanella
18. A view of the church of Santa Maria in Arezzo
19. A view of the interior of the church of San Andrea in Vercelli
20. A view of the interior of the church of San Francesco in Assisi
21. A view of the under church of the church of San Francesco in Assisi
22. A view of the church of San Antonio in Padua
23. A view of the cathedral in Cremona
24. A view of the Battistero in Parma
25. A view of the interior of the cathedral in Sienna
26. A view of the cathedral in Orvieto
27. A view of the town of Orvieto
28. A view of the Duomo in Florence
29. A view of the piazza in Perugia
30. Doorways of San Quirico
31. A view of the Palazzo Publico in Piacenza
32. A view of the Palazzo Publico in Sienna
33. A view of the church of San Lorenzo in Genoa
34. A view of the church of Santa Maria della Spina in Pisa
35. A view of the tombs of the Scaligers in Verona
36. A view of the Castello Vecchio in Ferrara
37. A view of the Piazza delle Erbe in Verona
38. A view of the Duomo in Milan
39. A view of the interior of the Duomo in Milan
40. A view of the cathedral of San Giovanni in Monza
41. A view of the Mercanzia in Bologna
Coloured lithographs with tint stones and chromolithograph
- Production date
- 1843
- Dimensions
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Height: 552 millimetres (page size)
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Width: 370 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- The pages coming out of the binding
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy from the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century Vol. II
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Acquisition notes
- According to the register and the Bill Book, this book was lot 366 in an unidentified Willement sale, where it was bought by Daniell for the BM for £7.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1865,0708.554-595
