{"product_id":"2940015594942","title":"ROMAN MOSAICS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA WALK TO CHURCH IN ROME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Walk to Church in Country--In the Town--Residence in Capo le\u003cbr\u003eCase--Church of San Guiseppe--Propaganda--Pillar of Immaculate\u003cbr\u003eConception--Piazza di Spagna--Staircase--Models--Beggars--Church of\u003cbr\u003eTrinita dei Monti--Flowers--Via Babuino--Piazza del Popolo--Flaminian\u003cbr\u003eObelisk--Pincian Hill--Porta del Popolo--Church of Santa Maria del\u003cbr\u003ePopolo--Monastery of St. Augustine--Presbyterian Church--Villa\u003cbr\u003eBorghese--Ponte Molle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE APPIAN WAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormation of Appian Way--Tombs on Roman Roads--Loneliness of Country\u003cbr\u003eoutside Rome--Porta Capena--Restoration of Appian Way--Grove and\u003cbr\u003eFountain of Egeria--Baths of Caracalla--Church of Sts. Nereus and\u003cbr\u003eAchilles--Tomb of Scipios--Columbaria--Arch of Drusus--Gate of St.\u003cbr\u003eSebastian--Almo--Tomb of Geta--Plants in Valley of Almo--Catacombs\u003cbr\u003eof St. Calixtus--Catacomb of Pretextatus--Catacomb of Sts. Nereus\u003cbr\u003eand Achilles--Church of St. Sebastian--Circus of Romulus--Tomb of\u003cbr\u003eCæcilia Metella--Sadness of Appian Way--Imagines Clipeatæ--Profusion\u003cbr\u003eof Plant and Animal Life--Solitude--Villa of Seneca--Mounds of\u003cbr\u003eHoratii and Curiatii--Villa of Quintilii--Tomb of Atticus--Casale\u003cbr\u003eRotondo--Frattocchie--Bovillæ--Albano--St. Paul's Entrance into\u003cbr\u003eRome by Appian Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CUMÆAN SIBYL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePromontory of Carmel--Westmost Point of Italy--Mode of reaching\u003cbr\u003eCumæ--Few Relics of Ancient City--Uncertainty about Sibyl's\u003cbr\u003eCave--Loneliness of Site--Roman Legend of Sibylline Books--Mode\u003cbr\u003eof Keeping Them--Sortes Sibyllinæ--Different Sibyls--Apocalyptic\u003cbr\u003eLiterature--Existing Remains of Sibylline Books--Reverence paid\u003cbr\u003eto Sibyl by Christian Writers--Church of Ara Coeli--Roof of Sistine\u003cbr\u003eChapel--Prospective Attitude of Sibyl--Retrospective Characteristic\u003cbr\u003eof Greek and Roman Religion--Connection between Hebrew and Pagan\u003cbr\u003eProphecy--Pagan Oracles superseded by Living Oracles of the Gospel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOOTPRINTS IN ROME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootprints of our Lord in Church of Domine quo Vadis--Slabs\u003cbr\u003ewith Footprints in Kircherian Museum--St. Christina's Footprints\u003cbr\u003eat Bolsena--Significance of Footmarks--Votive Offerings--Footprint\u003cbr\u003eof Mahomet at Jerusalem--Footprint of Christ on Mount of\u003cbr\u003eOlives--Footprints of Abraham at Mecca--Drusic Footprints--Phrabat,\u003cbr\u003eor Sacred Foot of Buddha--Famous Footprint on Summit of Adam's Peak\u003cbr\u003ein Ceylon--Footprints at Gayá--Footprints of Vishnu--Jain\u003cbr\u003eTemples--Prehistoric Footprints--Tanist Stones--Dun Add in\u003cbr\u003eArgyleshire--Mary's Step in Wales--Footmarks in Ireland, Norway,\u003cbr\u003eDenmark, and Brittany--Classical Examples--Footprints in America\u003cbr\u003eand Africa--Connection with Primitive Worship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROMAN FORUM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeological History--Volcanic Origin--Early Legends--Cloaca\u003cbr\u003eMaxima--Work of Excavation--Ærarium--Capitol--Temple of Concord--Temple\u003cbr\u003eof Jupiter--Arch of Septimius Severus--Milliarium Aureum--Mamertine\u003cbr\u003ePrison--Pillar of Phocas--Suovetaurilia--Curia Hostilia--Comitium--Curia\u003cbr\u003eof Diocletian--Basilica Julia--Vicus Tuscus--Temple of Castor and\u003cbr\u003ePollux--Atrium Vestæ--Temple of Vesta--Temple of Antoninus Pius\u003cbr\u003eand Faustina--Church of SS. Cosma e Damiano--Colosseum--Conflagration\u003cbr\u003ein Forum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EGYPTIAN OBELISKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Obelisks in Rome--Sun Worship--Symbolism of Obelisk--Obelisk\u003cbr\u003eof Nebuchadnezzar--Original position of Obelisks--Egyptian\u003cbr\u003ePropylons--Changes connected with Obelisks in Egypt--Transportation\u003cbr\u003eof Obelisks to Rome and other places--Obelisk of Heliopolis--Obelisk\u003cbr\u003eof Luxor--Karnac--Lateran Obelisk--Obelisk in Square of St.\u003cbr\u003ePeter's--Obelisk of Piazza del Popolo--Association of Fountains with\u003cbr\u003eObelisks--Obelisk of Monte Citorio--Esquiline and Quirinal\u003cbr\u003eObelisks--Obelisk of Trinita dei Monti--Pamphilian Obelisk--Obelisks\u003cbr\u003enear Pantheon--Superiority of Oldest Obelisks--Obelisk of\u003cbr\u003eParis--Cleopatra's Needles in London and New York--Religious Devotion\u003cbr\u003eof Ancient Egyptians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PAINTED TOMB AT VEII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcursions in neighbourhood of Rome--History of Veii--Uncertainty\u003cbr\u003eof its Site--Journey to Isola Farnese--Village of Isola--Romantic\u003cbr\u003eScenery--Desolate Downs--Roman Municipium--Old Gateway--Ponte\u003cbr\u003eSodo--Necropolis of Veii--Painted Tomb--Archaic Frescoes--Objects in\u003cbr\u003eInner Chamber--Etruscan Tombs imitative of Homes of the Living--Worship\u003cbr\u003eof the Dead--Cellæ Memoriæ--Antiquity of Tomb at Veii--Mysterious\u003cbr\u003echaracter of Etruscan Language and History","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146296672496,"sku":"2940015594942","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015594942","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}