Main entry:

Mirabilia Romae. English.

Title & Author:

The Marvels of Rome = Mirabilia Urbis Romae / Francis Morgan Nichols, editor and translator.

Edition:

Second edition with new introduction, gazetteer and bibliography / by Eileen Gardiner.

Publication:

New York : Italica Press, 1986.

Description:

xxviii, 132 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Mirabilia Romae.
"First published 1889, Ellis and Elvey, London and Spithover, Rome. Second edition, Copyright © 1986, by Italica Press."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index.
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- Part One. The Foundation of Rome and Her Chief Monuments -- Part Two. Famous Places and Images in Rome -- Part Three. A Perambulation of the City -- Gazetteer -- Maps -- Bibliography -- Index.
In English. Translated from the Latin.

Summary:

"Written for the pilgrim and sightseer c.1143 by Benedict, a canon of St. Peter's, this is the best medieval guide to the city and an important source for the location of its medieval churches and ancient monuments. It narrates the early Christian legends that are connected with many of these sites; and documents the medieval sense of Rome's ancient grandeur. In the twelfth century the inhabited part of Rome, the abitato, as it was called, was a small city tucked into the bend of the Tiber River in the midst of the ruins of the great ancient city. The walls and gates of the ancient city were still in place, and between them and the abitato were fields where the animals grazed among the temples and baths. This edition contains the full text of the Marvels, a detailed Gazetteer identifying all the sites mentioned and providing full bibliographical and topographical references, a new introduction, 5 maps, bibliography, and index. 2nd ed., illustrated."-- Publisher's description.

ISBN:

093497702X (pbk.)
9780934977029 (pbk.)
(electronic bk.)
9781599101545
1599101548

Subject:

Bibel Römerbrief
Pilgrims and pilgrimages Italy Rome.
Monuments Italy Rome Guidebooks.
Legends Italy Rome.
Monuments Italy Rome.
Pèlerins et pèlerinages Italie Rome.
Monuments Italie Rome.
Légendes Italie Rome.
Monuments Italie Rome Guides.
Legends
Monuments
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Kunstführer
Rome (Italy) Guidebooks.
Rome (Italie) Guides.
Italy Rome
Rom.

Form/genre:

Guidebook
Kunstführer.
travel guidebooks.
Early works
Guidebooks
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Nichols, Francis Morgan, 1826-1915, editor, translator.
Gardiner, Eileen, writer of introduction.
Mirabilia Urbis Romae.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 46373
Call No.: ID:89-B5684
Status: Available