The Sistine Chapel (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Sistine Chapel (Classic Reprint) written by Paul Schubring and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sistine Chapel Chapel has been built towards the end of the 15th century. Then the old Basilica Sancti Petri was still existing as it had been erected, on the North of the Neronian Circus by Pope Sylvester, in the time of Constantine the Great A huge atrium was in front of the five-aisled main-building, small oratories were added, the whole resembling a Holy City with many low separate buildings arranged about the long Basilica and the forecourt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.