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The Vatican : spirit and art of Christian Rome
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- New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : H.N. Abrams, 1982
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- 398 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780870993480, 0870993488, 9780810917118, 0810917114
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 395-397.
- Message / Pope John Paul II -- Historical note / John Daley -- The government of the church / Alfons M. Stickler -- The Vatican City State / José M. Sánchez de Muniáin : The instruments of social communication / Virgilio Levi ; The Vatican radio / Roberto Tucci ; The Press Office of the Holy See / Federico Alessandrini -- Saint Peter's : The tomb of Peter and the Constantinian Basilica / José Ruysschaert ; New Saint Peter's / Ennio Francia ; The wooden cathedra / Michele Maccarrone -- The apostolic palace / Deoclecio Redig de Campos -- Other buildings and the Vatican gardens / Eva-Maria Jung-Inglessis -- The Vatican museums : Introduction / Deoclecio Redig de Campos ; The Museo Pio-clementino ; The Museo Chiaramonti / Georg Daltrop ; The Museo Gregoriano Etrusco / Francesco Ronacalli ; The Museo Gregoriano Egizio / Gianfranco Nolli ; The Museo Gregoriano Profano / Georg Daltrop ; The Museo Pio Christiano / Enrico Josi ; The Museo Missionario Etnologico / Jozef Penkowski ; The Pinacoteca Vaticana / Maria Donati Barcellona ; The Museo Storico / Annunzio Gandolfi and Carlo De Vita ; The Collezione d'Arte Religiosa Moderna / Mario Ferrazza and Patrizia Pignatti -- The Apostolic Vatican Library / José Ruysschaert -- The Vatican Secret Archive / Martino Giusti -- The pilgrimage basilicas : Introduction / John Daley ; San Giovanni in Laterano : San Paolo fuori le Mura ; Santa Maria Maggiore / Ennio Francia ; San Lorenzo fuoir le Mura ; Santa Croce in Gerusalemme ; San Sebastiano fuori le Mura / John Daley -- The catacombs / Umberto Fasola -- Palaces of the Holy See in Rome -- The Lateran palace ; The Cancelleria : The Palazzo di Propaganda Fide / John Daley -- Plan of old Saint Peter's -- Map of the catacombs -- Saint Peter and his successors