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114 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 206 .
I saw there beautiful altar-pieces ; Galileo Galilei and Michael
Angelo are buried there, and marble statues have been erected
to their memory.
September 7. I witnessed the ceremony of consecration
of seven nuns ; they were in white from top to toe. The
archbishop performed the ceremony, and changed his head
covering five times ; he addressed questions to them, and they
answered him in musical cadence ; he lay down on the floor
under a black cover for a long time; afterwards they received
rings, as well as crowns and other things, partook of the
sacrament, and then went out in procession with crowns on
their heads. Many ladies in bridal array were present, and
fine music was played.
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September 9. I went into the Palazzo Riccardi, * the
largest private palace in Florence. It contains a large collection
of antiquities , sculptures , and inscriptions ; I was also in
the garden of Riccardi, which contains a large orangery.
witnessed for the third time, in a convent, the consecration
of nuns ; the ceremonies differed. The church of St. John
[S. Giovanni] near the Cathedral was formerly a temple of
Mars ; it is octagonal ; the work in bronze on its doors is most
valuable ; according to Michael Angelo its like does not exist ;
some said that they were sent down from paradise.
September 21. I went by way of Siena from Florence to
Rome. On the way, in the neighbourhood of Siena, the
Italian language is most correctly spoken. From Siena I
came to Viterbo, which is a handsome little town, with two
beautiful fountains.
During the months of July, August, and September the
air is poisoned around Rome, especially in the low country, so
that no traveller ought to sleep there ; the same applies to
Rome, but not to those places which have a high elevation.
During this time it is also dangerous to change one’s lodgings .
[On the way between Siena and Viterbo I passed the towns]
of Monte Pulciano, and [Monte] Fiascone.
September 25. I arrived in Rome in the evening , by the
Via Flaminia, through the Porta del Popolo, and thus came
* The former Palazzo dei Medici.
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