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SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1738.
October 16. I was in St. Peter’s church [S. Pietro in
Vaticano], and saw both its exterior and interior ; images of
metal and marble, the graves of the popes. I was likewise
present at a baptism at the magnificent font, where something
was put into the mouth of the candidate, and something
applied to his temples. Afterwards I examined the process
by which mosaic is made ; it looks very coarse when it is
examined closely and before it is polished ; glass beads are
used which are split, and fastened into cement, and indeed
on large thick stones which are grooved, like [some kind of]
iron rods. Afterwards I was in the Castello del Angelo, and
examined the angel on the top, and the four bastions ; I saw
also the cannon which was fired by Queen Christina, the rooms,
the church, the prison, &c., likewise Cardinal Coscia ; * from
the top I had a view of the whole town. The day before I
had been in the Palazzo Borghese, examining all the paintings
there ; the stanza [the room] of Venus, the fountains, the
small garden adorned with statues, and the court are handsome.
October 17. I visited the Mausoleum of Augustus, where
a palace [now] is, [the Palazzo Corea] ; a wall only remains
of the old building, but Augustus’ statue is said to be still
preserved. Afterwards I examined the Therma of Diocletian,
but only the walls. A monastery of considerable extent is
there ; its Fathers are called Hierosolymi; twelve of them are
confined during the whole year; they obtain their food through
a trap-door; one day in the year they come out : the others
meanwhile drive about in carriages. I was also in the Churches
of S. Bernardo [alle Terme] , S. Susanna, and [ S. Maria della]
Vittoria; the last of these belongs to the barefooted Carmelites
[Carmeliti Scalzi], its columns are of beautifully variegated
and well matched marble ; it contains fine statues, and fresco
paintings on the ceiling, etc. In the neighbourhood are three
fountains.
October 22. I was in the Church of St. Peter, and saw
the tomb of Peter with its hundred silver lamps, and precious
pillars. At the further end of the choir are four admirable
* He was imprisoned by Pope Clement XII on account of the vile
and atrocious acts he had committed.
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