The golden days of the renaissance in Rome, from the pontificate of Julius II to that of Paul III (1906)
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929 · Boston; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 168
o piecesof the marble panels u])on which the Forma Urbis had * Dosios original drawings are preserved in the Galleria degli Uffizi atFlorence. PAUL III 131 been engraved about the year 211, by order of SeptimiusSeverus and his son and colleague Caracalla. Had the dis-coverer taken care to collect… … Part of the marble plan of Rome. From a photograpli byCav. A. Vochieri. warned of what was taking place in the garden of TorquatoConti, the fragments were thrown negligently into a heapwithout the least consideration for their mutual relation-ship. Furthermore, we have reason to believe that…