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Page 47
It is really antique , and the noblest jewel there . There is also a large gondola of
chrysolite , a huge urn of porphyry , another of calcedon , a vase of onyx , the
largest 1 had ever seen of that stone ; two of crystal ; a morsel of one of the ...
It is really antique , and the noblest jewel there . There is also a large gondola of
chrysolite , a huge urn of porphyry , another of calcedon , a vase of onyx , the
largest 1 had ever seen of that stone ; two of crystal ; a morsel of one of the ...
Page 54
Descending hence , we were let into a lower very large room , called the Salle
des Antiques , which is a vaulted Cimelia , destined for statues only , amongst
which stands that so celebrated Diana of the Ephesians , said to be the same
which ...
Descending hence , we were let into a lower very large room , called the Salle
des Antiques , which is a vaulted Cimelia , destined for statues only , amongst
which stands that so celebrated Diana of the Ephesians , said to be the same
which ...
Page 56
... on the summit of the hill , wherein are divers waterworks and contrivances to
wet the spectators ; this is covered with a fair cupola , the walls painted with the
Muses , and statues placed thick about it , whereof some are antique and good .
... on the summit of the hill , wherein are divers waterworks and contrivances to
wet the spectators ; this is covered with a fair cupola , the walls painted with the
Muses , and statues placed thick about it , whereof some are antique and good .
Page 69
... agates and onyxes , some of them admirably coloured and antique ; nor
inferior were his landscapes from the best hands , most of which he had caused
to be copied in miniature ; one of which , rarely painted on stone , was broken by
one of ...
... agates and onyxes , some of them admirably coloured and antique ; nor
inferior were his landscapes from the best hands , most of which he had caused
to be copied in miniature ; one of which , rarely painted on stone , was broken by
one of ...
Page 94
It is placed , as I remember , on a pillar of opal stone , with divers other antique
urns . Near this , and in the same field , is the Baptistery of San Giovanni , built of
pure white marble , and covered with so artificial a cupola , that the voice uttered
...
It is placed , as I remember , on a pillar of opal stone , with divers other antique
urns . Near this , and in the same field , is the Baptistery of San Giovanni , built of
pure white marble , and covered with so artificial a cupola , that the voice uttered
...
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| Title | Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne, Volume 1 Bohn's historical library Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne, William Bray |
| Author | John Evelyn |
| Editor | William Bray |
| Publisher | G. Bell, 1889 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Apr 2008 |
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