An edition of The secrets of the Vatican
(1907)
The secrets of the Vatican
by Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-19... and Cardinal Francis Bourne
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Book Details
Table of Contents
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY MATTER
Dedication iv
Preface v
A List of the Popes, with their dates, places of birth and Family names xv
Contents xxi
List of Illustrations xxiii
PART I.
ABOUT THE VATICAN IN GENERAL ; THE POPE : HIS CARDINALS, HIS OFFICIALS, AND HIS POLICY.
I. — Introduction 3
II. — What the Vatican Consists of 13
III. — What Happens at the Death of a Pope 37
IV. — What Happens at the Election of a Pope. 48
V. — About the Sacred College of Cardinals and their Election 86
VI. — On the Duties of the Pope's Secretary of State And his Predecessor, the Cardinal Nephew 108
VII. — A Visit to the Pope's Secretary of State, Cardinal Merry del Val, in the Borgia Apartments 123
VIII. — An Audience with the Pope 131
IX. — How the Pope Lives 137
X. — The Papal Court and the High Officials of which It Is composed 145
XI. — The Sacred Congregations and Pontifical Commissions 157
XII. — On the Crisis between the Vatican and France. (By His Grace the Archbishop of Westminster) 175
PART II.
ABOUT THE PARTS OF THE VATICAN NOT GENERALLY SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC.
I. — The Story of the Vatican Hill from Ancient Roman Times 187
II. — The Story of the Building of the Vatican at Various Epochs 196
III. — A Description of Old St. Peter's 219
IV. — On the Remains of Old St. Peter's still preserved In Rome 242
V. — The Grotte Vaticane, or Crypt of St. Peter's. Grotte Nuove, North Side 258
VI. — The Grotte Vaticane, or Crypt of St. Peter's. Grotte Vecchie 273
VII. — The Grotte Vaticane, or Crypt of St. Peter's. Grotte Nuove, South Side 292
VIII. — Nicholas V. and the Vatican. The Chapel of Nicholas V 299
IX. — The Vatican Library 317
X. — The Visits of Montaigne and Misson to the Vatican Library 340
XI. — The New Leonine Library where the printed Books Are Kept 348
XII. — The Vatican Archives and the Work of Cardinal Mai 358
XIII. — The Private Gardens of the Pope 367
XIV. — The Pope's Coach-house. An Account of the Old Cavalcata. The Vatican Workshops of Mosaics And Tapestries 379
XV. — Raffaelle's Tapestries 391
XVI. — The Paoune and Leonine Chapels, and the Pope's Private Tapestry Rooms 398
XVII. — The Sistine Treasury 407
XVIII. — The Sacristy of St. Peter's 415
XIX.— The Dome of St. Peter's 420
XX. — The Borgia Apartments 426
XXI. — The Etruscan Museum 451
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