Inside Out Library · Explore

St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 271

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 271
e world, as it everwas to the Italians. This is a hanging bronzelamp, suspended by a very long chain from themiddle of the roof. It was the swinging of thisvery lamp which gave to Galileo the idea of thependulum. Near the cathedral stands the famous Baptistery,which is a circular building with two… … A DISTANT MEW OF PiSA. pulpit, covered with beautiful sculptures by thecelebrated Niccolo Pisano, or Nicholas of Pisa, aswe should call him. The last one of this quartet of Pisan objects ofinterest is the Campo Santo, or cemetery. Thisis so entirely different from the one at Genoa thatwe shall take…

Children's literature

Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from St. Nicholas [serial]

More like this