Author: Keith Miller
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847650740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The story of St Peter's begins in the 1st century CE with the Hippodrome of Nero, one of two places where the Apostle Peter may have been crucified. 250 years later Constantine the Great marked the supposed site of Peter's tomb in an ancient cemetery with a great basilica. That in turn was replaced over a hundred-year period by a series of competitive renaissance and baroque Popes using the greatest artists of their day, all seeking to leave their mark on St Peter's. Here Keith Miller offers a rewarding account of a world-famous building: who built it; what it looks like and why; and how it affects the tourist or pilgrim. An intricate history, telling biography and the study of great art and architecture all play their part in a book that is a brilliant debut.
St Peter's
Author: Keith Miller
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847650740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The story of St Peter's begins in the 1st century CE with the Hippodrome of Nero, one of two places where the Apostle Peter may have been crucified. 250 years later Constantine the Great marked the supposed site of Peter's tomb in an ancient cemetery with a great basilica. That in turn was replaced over a hundred-year period by a series of competitive renaissance and baroque Popes using the greatest artists of their day, all seeking to leave their mark on St Peter's. Here Keith Miller offers a rewarding account of a world-famous building: who built it; what it looks like and why; and how it affects the tourist or pilgrim. An intricate history, telling biography and the study of great art and architecture all play their part in a book that is a brilliant debut.
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847650740
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The story of St Peter's begins in the 1st century CE with the Hippodrome of Nero, one of two places where the Apostle Peter may have been crucified. 250 years later Constantine the Great marked the supposed site of Peter's tomb in an ancient cemetery with a great basilica. That in turn was replaced over a hundred-year period by a series of competitive renaissance and baroque Popes using the greatest artists of their day, all seeking to leave their mark on St Peter's. Here Keith Miller offers a rewarding account of a world-famous building: who built it; what it looks like and why; and how it affects the tourist or pilgrim. An intricate history, telling biography and the study of great art and architecture all play their part in a book that is a brilliant debut.
An Index of the Source Records of Maryland
Author: Eleanor Phillips Passano
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806302713
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The major part of this work is an alphabetically arranged and cross-indexed list of some 20,000 Maryland families with references to the sources and locations of the records in which they appear. In addition, there is a research record guide arranged by county and type of record, and it identifies all genealogical manuscripts, books, and articles known to exist up to 1940, when this book was first published. Included are church and county courthouse records, deeds, marriages, rent rolls, wills, land records, tombstone inscriptions, censuses, directories, and other data sources.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806302713
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The major part of this work is an alphabetically arranged and cross-indexed list of some 20,000 Maryland families with references to the sources and locations of the records in which they appear. In addition, there is a research record guide arranged by county and type of record, and it identifies all genealogical manuscripts, books, and articles known to exist up to 1940, when this book was first published. Included are church and county courthouse records, deeds, marriages, rent rolls, wills, land records, tombstone inscriptions, censuses, directories, and other data sources.
Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society
Author: Illinois State Historical Society
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library
Author: Illinois State Historical Library
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Historical Society
Author: Illinois State Historical Library
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year ...
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Papers in Illinois History and Transactions
Author: Illinois State Historical Society
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Publications
Author: Illinois State Historical Society
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Papers in Illinois History and Transactions for the Year ...
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Colonial Churches of Virginia
Author: Don W. Massey
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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