The interior of St. Peter’s. Showing Canova’s 178 monument to the last three Stuarts, erected by George IV. when Prince Regent

The Statue of St. Peter, from the Old Basilica, 182 seated on the throne of Benedict XII. in the Chapel of S. M. della Bocciata in the Crypt of St. Peter’s

Pope Benedict XII. and a fresco of Old St. 188 Peter’s on a wall in St. Peter’s Crypt

Alfarano’s Plan, showing how Old St. Peter’s and the 192 present Cathedral rest upon the Circus of Nero

From PISTOLESI’S _Il Vaticano_.

St. Lawrence. By Fra Angelico; in the Chapel of 210 Nicholas V.

The Sala Sistina, or Grand Hall, of the Vatican 232 Library

This is a Bull of Pope Clement VIII., dated 270 “Rome at St. Peter’s in the year of the Incarnation of Our Lord, one thousand and five hundred and ninety-two on the Kalends of January in the first year of our Pontificate”

The Pope’s Classical Garden 280

Giardino della Pigna. Showing the Niccio of Bramante 292 and the Pigna (pine-cone) and Peacocks which came from the Atrium of Old St. Peter’s

The Sistine Chapel, where the election of the Pope 310 takes place when it is held in the Vatican

The Paoline Chapel, used by the Cardinals when they 318 are in Conclave

The Leonine Chapel, called also the Loggia of Paul 322 V. and Sala della Beatificazione, from which the Pope goes into the Gallery of St. Peter’s to bless the people after his election; used also for Canonizations

The Sala Ducale of Bernini in the Vatican. Drawn by 324 G. Fontana

From PISTOLESI’S _Il Vaticano_.

Miniatures by Giotto in a manuscript in the Library 344 of the Canons of St. Peter’s

From PISTOLESI’S _Il Vaticano_.

St. Peter’s. Plan showing how the Dome and the 350 Shrine Galleries of its piers are ascended

From PISTOLESI’S _Il Vaticano_.

David standing on the Head of Goliath. On the 354 ceiling of the Borgia Rooms

Ancient Bronze Chariot in the Etruscan Museum 388

Etruscan Museum in the Vatican. Showing the armour 392 worn by a Roman soldier, and Etruscan shields, mirrors, and cauldrons