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Temi e testi ; 26

288 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Sixtus IV and men of letters / Egmont Lee.

One of the frescoes dated 1477-1481 of scenes in the life of Pope Sixtus IV which he commissioned from an unidentified painter for the Ospedale Santo Spirito in Rome. The incident shown is said to have led to the founding of the foundling hospital of the Ospedale Santo Spirito

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 26.3 x 20 cm

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the cadavers of dead illegitimate children picked out of the Tiber, and deciding to reform the law which allowed their infanticide. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a freso painting.

One of the frescoes dated 1477-1481 of scenes in the life of Pope Sixtus IV which he commissioned from an unidentified painter for the Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Rome

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 26 x 20 cm

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the plans for the rebuilding of the Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, and for its foundling hospital, and approving them. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?), after a fresco.

1 print : chromolithograph ; image and border 61.6 x 55.5 cm

The inauguration of the Vatican Library by Pope Sixtus IV: Platina (kneeling) is appointed librarian. Chromolithograph after Melozzo da Forli.

Said to be a fresco in the great hall of the hospital

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 20 x 26 cm

The foundling hospital of the Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome: wet-nurses looking after the babies, and Pope Sixtus IV ordering the rebuilding. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a fresco painting.

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Sixtus IV and men of letters / Egmont Lee.

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the cadavers of dead illegitimate children picked out of the Tiber, and deciding to reform the law which allowed their infanticide. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a freso painting.

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the plans for the rebuilding of the Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, and for its foundling hospital, and approving them. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?), after a fresco.

The inauguration of the Vatican Library by Pope Sixtus IV: Platina (kneeling) is appointed librarian. Chromolithograph after Melozzo da Forli.

The foundling hospital of the Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome: wet-nurses looking after the babies, and Pope Sixtus IV ordering the rebuilding. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a fresco painting.

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Sixtus IV and men of letters / Egmont Lee.

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the cadavers of dead illegitimate children picked out of the Tiber, and deciding to reform the law which allowed their infanticide. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a freso painting.

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the plans for the rebuilding of the Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, and for its foundling hospital, and approving them. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?), after a fresco.

The inauguration of the Vatican Library by Pope Sixtus IV: Platina (kneeling) is appointed librarian. Chromolithograph after Melozzo da Forli.

The foundling hospital of the Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome: wet-nurses looking after the babies, and Pope Sixtus IV ordering the rebuilding. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a fresco painting.

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