The classic and connoisseur in Italy and Sicily, with an appendix containing an abridged tr. of Lanzi's Storia pittorica

THE

CLASSIC AND CONNOISSEUR

ITALY AND SICILY:

WITH

AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING AN

Abridged Translation of Lanzi's Storía Pittorica.

BY THE

REV. G. W. D. EVANS.

Apis Mating

More modoque.-HOR.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN.

1835.

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CONTENTS.

CHAP. I.

Villas-Borghese, Albani, and Lodovisi Villas

CHAP. II.

Page 1-10

Tivoli-Topography; Cascades; Temple of the Sibyl; Ancient

Villas; Scenery; Hadrian's Villa

11-19

CHAP. III.

Mons Albanus; Val Rustica; Frascati; Modern Villas 20-28

CHAP. IV.

Easter Ceremonies; Italian Preachers; Miserere; Agonie;

High Mass; Papal Benediction

29-39

CHAP. V.

General Remarks on the Religion of Italy and Sicily 40-42

CHAP. VI.

Of Saints-Lares Viales; Blasphemous Inscriptions; Places

over which the Saints are supposed to preside; Supernatural

Powers ascribed to them; Facility of Admission into the

Army of Saints and Martyrs

43-57

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Points of Resemblance between the Ancient Temples and Mo-

dern Churches of Italy and Sicily

. 61-65

CHAP. IX.

Conformity between the Catholic and Pagan Religious Cere-

monies-The Burning of Incense; Dress of the Priests'

Attendants; Holy Water; Lighting up of Lamps and Can-

dles; Votive Offerings; Image Worship; Ornamental Sta-

tues and Pictures; Mass; Bells; Familiarity with which the

Italians and Sicilians address the Saints
66-86

CHAP. X.

Religious Orders-Pontifex Maximus; Salii; Fratres Arvales;

Vestals; Nuns; Rise of Monachism; Mendicant Monks;

Catholic and Pagan Miracles-Castor and Pollux; Image of

Diana, dropt from Heaven; Palladium of Troy; Picture of
the Virgin, from the same Celestial Manufactory; Rods of
Moses and Romulus; Images said to have spoken, wept,
sweated, or bled; Cottage of Romulus; Holy House of
Loreto; Cradle of our Saviour; Liquefaction of St. Janua-
rius's Blood; Stories relative to Arion and the Harpies

93-103

CHAP. XII.

Religious Processions-Music; Tapers; Images; Companies

of Attendants; Flagellantes

104-107

CHAP. XIII.

Journey to Naples-Tombs of the Horatii; Alban Mount; La

Riccia; Velletri; Pontine Marshes; Terracina; Military

Stations; Fondi; Appian Way; Itri; Mola di Gaëta; Women

of Mola; Cicero's Formianum; Fortress of Gaëta; Rich-

ness of the Country; Misery of the Inhabitants; the Garig-

liano or Liris; Ruins of Minturnæ; Mount Massicus; Ager