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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26310	A new journal of Italy containing what is most remarkable of the antiquities of Rome, Savoy and Naples : with observations made upon the strength, beauty and scituation [sic] of some other towns and forts in by William Acton.	Acton, William.	1691 (1691)	Wing A452A; ESTC R28076	30,216	85

fine Convent of Sancta Vitalle where we saw the Chappel of Galla Placidia the Daughter of Theodosius the Great and Sister to Arcadia and Honorius Wife of Constantius and Mother to Valentinianus the Third all Emperours Her great Marble Tomb is placed at the upper end of the Chappel And the two great Tombs of Honorius and Valentinianus on each side of the Chappel the two Tombs fixed in the Walls going out of the Chappel it is believed do acknowledge Arcadius and the Nurse of Valentinianus for their being there erected After we had seen this we went to the Church where in going in we took notice of a Marble Stone in the wall whereon were several very Antique Figures curiously engraven representing a Bull led to the Sacrifice with the Heathenish Priests attending There is likewise the Tomb of Justinian the Emperour and over against that John the Ninth Archbishop of Ravenna lies Under one of the Altars you see the Tomb of St. Vitalle Near the Church Door and in several places of the Town several old Sepulchres are remaining From hence we went to the Church of St. Maria Maggiore where there is abundance of fine ancient Marble Pillars and the Chappel of St. Orcicero who after he was beheaded they say carryed his Head from the place of Execution two hundred paces We went from this Church to the Rotonda one of the greatest pieces of Curiosity in all Italy it was designed by Amalasunta only Daughter to Theodoric King of the Goths for a Tomb for her Father and in the Year 526 was accordingly built a little before his death he caused a Pope and two famous Councellors to be put to death The building is round but the Curiosity is in the Roof which is one intire Stone near four foot thick and thirty five foot over or in the Diameter that covers the whole Building being concav'd like unto a Buckle it is to the the admiration of all that see it questioned how such a Stone could be got out of a Quarry brought thither and placed as it is The Vass that this King was put in is of Porphyry and was placed upon the top of this great Stone in the middle having round about the sides twelve Statues representing the Twelve Apostles but at the siege of Ravenna it was shot down and is now to be seen in the Convent of the Zocollanties fixed in a Wall conveyed thither by some of the Town in the Year of our Lord 1564. We went next to the Church of the Polonaries supported by four and twenty fine Marble Pillars very Antique and in the Piazza or Market-place there are two more whereon the Statues of St. Vitelle and St. Apollinare Protectors of the City do now stand Wednesday the 30 th of January we left Ravenna and went to Fienza 20. miles here it is they make the fine Earhen Ware the next day we came to Bologne where we saw a great many fine Churches and Convents to wit that of St. John in the Mount in which there is very good painting especially one piece made for St. Cicilia by Raphael Vrbin and another fine piece done by Hannibal Caratio In the Convent of St. Dominico there is behind the great Altar a fine piece done by Machael Angelo The Tomb of St. Dominic is very fine in the Quire you see the History of the Old and New Testament Carved in Wood very curiously done by Franck. Damiano a Lay Brother and a Lamp of Silver sent to them from the Indians about thirty years ago they shewed us St. Dominic's Chamber for a great Curiosity From hence we went and saw the Silk Mills which was well worth our trouble and one or two Pallaces and then we went to the fine Gallary of Aldovandino Monday the 4 th of February we went from Bologne to Modene 20 miles where within four miles of that Town near to the Great Road is scituated a strong place called Vrbin the Eighths Fort it is a square fortified with Ravelins and Demilunes the best regular Fortification that I had then seen in Italy The Town of Modene is inconsiderable the Fortifications of it are old and decayed but the Citadal may be taken notice of We saw the Duke and his Pallace in which there is nothing more remarkable than the Collection of Pictures Tuesday we went from Modene and lay eighteen miles off at a little Town called Cento and from thence to Ferrara eighteen miles where coming into Town you may take notice of a Fort which seem'd to me to be a Pentagone very well fortified in the Town is the Castello surrounded with deep Ditches of Water here the Popes Legate recides They shewed us a fine Colomn not finished whereon is to be placed the Statue of the Pope that at present stands hard by the Domo which is a very old Church The Benedictins is a fine Monastery where we saw the Tomb of Arioste the great Poet and Author of Orlands Furioso Over against the Domo you may take notice of two Statues representing two Brothers one a Duke the other a Marquess of the House of Este one of them delighted much in sporting and playing tricks and had a House built for that purpose but now out of use It became afterwards a Proverb when any one would be playing the Fool to say il Fratello del Duca è morto which is as much as to say leave off Fooling Thursday following we went to Dinner to Ravigo the first Town in that Road that belongs to the Venetians 22 miles from Ferrara where we passed the River Poe and the White Channel after Dinner we went 15 miles more to a Town called Mont Selevie not far from hence we passed the River Adige and a Friday morning we came to Padoue ten miles from whence the same day we took Bark and arrived at Venice the eighth day of February where we staid three weeks to see the Town and the most remarkable thing there is the Arsenal in which there is Arms for four hundred thousand men there is a very great store of Cannon and other instruments of War Their Ports do abound in Gallies Galliots and Men of War We went into the Bucentore a certain Vessel that the Doge or Duke of Venice goes in when he performs the Matrimonial Ceremony betwixt Himself and the Sea by throwing in a Gold Ring We saw the private Armory and the Treasury which indeed is not to be admired after having seen the Treasure of Lauretta We went afterwards to the Doge's Pallace and the Councel Chamber where there is good Painting the Piazza or Place of St. Mark is very well worth ones particular notice as also St. Mark 's Church where you see the four fine Horses of Brass brought from Constantinople and the two great Pillars of Marble near the Water-side The Bas-relief upon the side of a little Building joyning to the Steeple of St. Mark 's Church is very well worth the taking notice of then we went up to the