EditorialEntry of Antipope John XXIII (1360-1554) in Constanta to celebrate the "Council of Constance" (1414) convened by a proposal from the emperor Sigismund, to end the Great Schism. He declared the superiority of the latter on the Pope and deposed three pop...
EditorialFILE -- Stuart Silver, in New York, Jan. 16, 1983, as he prepared for "The Art of the Popes," a sprawling exhibition of Vatican art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Angel Franco/The New York Times)
EditorialElevation of an alcove, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, A variation of -1601, left row below. Beside the upper part of the tent are laterally parts of the wall. Above the late...
EditorialThe Cathedral and Palace of the Popes, Avignon, Thomas Hartley Cromek, 18091873, British, 1836, Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 6 1/8 x 10 inches (15.6 x 25.4 cm), architectural subject, cathedral, landscap...
EditorialFox-hunting set of four: (4) Fox run to Earth / View of Popes Pit, Near Walton Heath, Dean Wolstenholme, 17981882, British, after Dean Wolstenholme, 17571837, British, no date, Aquatint, hand-colored, Sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 3/4in. (23.5 x 32.4cm).
EditorialSpain. Aragon. Near Saragossa. Charterhouse of Aula Dei. Carthusian monastery, founded in 1563 by Hernando de Aragon, Archbishop of Saragossa. Architects: Martin de Miteza and Miguel de Riglos. Cover of the complex with the commemoration of the restora...
EditorialEntry of Antipope John XXIII (1360-1554) in Constanta to celebrate the "Council of Constance" (1414) convened by a proposal from the emperor Sigismund, to end the Great Schism. He declared the superiority of the latter on the Pope and deposed three pop...
EditorialSpain. Aragon. Near Saragossa. Charterhouse of Aula Dei. Carthusian monastery, founded in 1563 by Hernando de Aragon, Archbishop of Saragossa. Architects: Martin de Miteza and Miguel de Riglos. Cover of the complex with the commemoration of the restora...
EditorialGod on the Day of Judgment, with Mary and Saint John, kings, popes and monks emerging from tombs to enter heaven. On the other side, sinners are herded by demons into the mouth of Hell to be tormented. Handcoloured etching drawn and etched by Thomas Fi...
EditorialHartfordshire described. The sittuations of Hartford, and the most ancient towne S. Albons with such memorable actions as have happened. Jodocus Hondius caelavit. Performed by John Speed and are to be sold in Popes head alley by John Sudbury and George...
EditorialExcommunication. A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercy. In an histo. London, 1630. The Pope handing a messenger a Bull of Excommunication. The title reads: 'The Popes bull against the Queene'. Image taken from A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercy. In...
EditorialSpain. Aragon. Near Saragossa. Charterhouse of Aula Dei. Carthusian monastery, founded in 1563 by Hernando de Aragon, Archbishop of Saragossa. Architects: Martin de Miteza and Miguel de Riglos. Cover of the complex with the commemoration of the restora...
EditorialEntry of Antipope John XXIII (1360-1554) in Constanta to celebrate the "Council of Constance" (1414) convened by a proposal from the emperor Sigismund, to end the Great Schism. He declared the superiority of the latter on the Pope and deposed three pop...
EditorialPortrait medal of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (obverse); Il Ges? (reverse), 1575, Bronze (Copper alloy with a warm, Diam. 4.7 cm, wt. 34.51 g., Medals, Giovanni V. Melon (Italian, active ca. 1570?90), At the age of fourteen, Alessandro Farnese was appo...
EditorialOrigimally an Etruscan town, Viterbo is mainly a papal city, which was hotly contested between the Emperor and the Popes. It is surrounded by walls with several gates. Its main plaza with the papal palace.