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Doc. 206.] 107
SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1738.
from 1500 to 2000 persons. 7. I visited the principal
monasteries. One which belongs to the order of Ambrosio,*
is splendidly decorated with paintings ; one of these in the
hall up-stairs may be called a real chef d’œuvre ; if you are
twelve or fifteen steps removed from it, it is impossible to
think otherwise than that it stands out from the wall. In the
garden a fig-tree was pointed out, where, it is said, Augustine
was converted 1400 years ago. Each of the fathers has
his domestic and valet de chambre ; for they all belong
to the aristocracy. 8. Another monastery, that of St. Victor,
or of the Benedictines, is not inferior to this in any respect ;
there resided the Duc de Noailles ; † it has a pretty large
garden; on the ceiling of the church, which is similar to
St. Peter’s in Rome, is Roman workmanship ; it contains many
fine paintings. 9. I afterwards visited the building of the
Inquisition with its church ; 10. Also the large convent for
young ladies (couvent major des filles), where I conversed in
the parlour with two nuns ; I saw their procession and bought
their flowers ; a young person was also led into the parlour.
11. I took a view of the citadel on the two sides on which it
has been besieged ; there are two towers on the side next the
town; on the others a wide plain stretches out. 12. I examined
the Library, which consists of a great number of manuscripts
and of old books written by the monks ; the genealogy of the
French kings was shown to me. The library itself is of little
value, as it contains only old books. There is connected
with it an academy of painting and sculpture ; one hall was
shown containing statues, and another which is devoted to
paintings, 13. A regiment of cavalry was quartered in a
monastery of the order of Franciscus de Paula, § which is said
to be the largest in Milan, and contains a hundred and fifty
The present Ospedale Militare (Military Hospital) near the church
of St. Ambrosio.
Adrien Maurice, Duc de Noailles, general in chief of the French and
Sardinian troops, who compelled the imperial troops to withdraw from
Italy, in 1735.
The celebrated Ambrosian Library, founded in 1525 by Federigo
Borromeo.
§ The so-called Minimi.
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