Tombs in and near Rome ; Sculpture among the Greeks and Romans, mythology in funereal sculpture, and early Christian sculpture (1877)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884. Sculpture among the Greeks and Romans, mythology in funereal sculpture, and early Christian sculpture · Oxford : J. Parker ; London : John Murray · leaf 243
floor is100 ft., and the space between the legs is enclosed with plates ofglass, so as to form a sort of chamber for the reception of the vener-able chair itself, at a height of 30 ft. from the floor. It would appear,however, that it has long been kept in a sort of closet in the wall ofthe apse of… … CHAIR OF S. PETER (?),In the Church of S. Peter in the Vatican. Ivory Carvings. 7i posed to the*gaze of the faithful, during which time a carefulexamination of it was made by the Cavaliere G. B. de Rossi andthe Padre R. Garrucci, whose accounts—(that by the former publishedin the Bulletino di…
Tombs · Sculpture, Classical · Sculpture, Early Christian · Art and mythology
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