Lot #: 42779
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Selling price: $245
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Description
Orivetum, in Italian Orvieto, a town in the well-known Italian region of Tuscia. Braun says, "Orvieto is a city in the heart of Etruria, lying on the flat top of a vast rocky plateau in a range of steep hills. It has no city walls but instead is surrounded by craggy and high scarps. There is an extremely sumptuous cathedral there whose façade is adorned with celebrated marble statues, sculpted by the greatest artists. Among other things, they show the story of the rib that was taken from Adam by the Supreme Creator in order to create Eve."
This is a view of Orvieto from the southwest, showing the distinctive city rock and characteristic dunastic towers. The magnificent façade of the cathedral of Santa Maria is easily recognizable on the right. Its construction was begun in 1290 following the Miracle of Bolsena (1293), in which blood dripped out of a consecrated host during transubstantiation.
Among other things, this miracle gave rise to the feast of Corpus Christi. Orvieto probably developed out of the Etruscan city of Velzna, which was captured by the Romans in 264 BC. They subsequently called it Urbs vetus ("Old City"), which then became Orivetum, and Orvieto.
Braun says of Loreto: "Loreto is renowned throughout the Christian world as a place of pilgrimage, it lies on the hill dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto, and is surrounded by mighty walls that contain a village inhabited by no more than innkeepers, hostlers and tavern servants of all kinds - with the exception of those who come here daily from all over Europe, especially in spring and autumn, to fulfil their vow. The entire sanctuary is so well protected by thick walls and all possible weapons that it is capable not only of defending itself but also, for instance, of counter attacking, for example by firing guns, so that it will never again be plundered and destroyed by pirates, as once by the Turks."
Loreto is shown from the southwest. Inside the imposing town walls there are a few houses grouped around the basilica. Here stands the Santa Casa, the Holy House, which is said to have been brought to Loreto from Nazareth by angels in the years 1294. It is believed to be the house in which Mary was born and in which the Annunciation by the angel took place. Loreto is still an important place of pilgrimage today.
From the magnificent and famous work Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
Read more about the Civitates Orbis.
Reference: Van der Krogt, 4, 3212 / Taschen p. 256
This is a view of Orvieto from the southwest, showing the distinctive city rock and characteristic dunastic towers. The magnificent façade of the cathedral of Santa Maria is easily recognizable on the right. Its construction was begun in 1290 following the Miracle of Bolsena (1293), in which blood dripped out of a consecrated host during transubstantiation.
Among other things, this miracle gave rise to the feast of Corpus Christi. Orvieto probably developed out of the Etruscan city of Velzna, which was captured by the Romans in 264 BC. They subsequently called it Urbs vetus ("Old City"), which then became Orivetum, and Orvieto.
Braun says of Loreto: "Loreto is renowned throughout the Christian world as a place of pilgrimage, it lies on the hill dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto, and is surrounded by mighty walls that contain a village inhabited by no more than innkeepers, hostlers and tavern servants of all kinds - with the exception of those who come here daily from all over Europe, especially in spring and autumn, to fulfil their vow. The entire sanctuary is so well protected by thick walls and all possible weapons that it is capable not only of defending itself but also, for instance, of counter attacking, for example by firing guns, so that it will never again be plundered and destroyed by pirates, as once by the Turks."
Loreto is shown from the southwest. Inside the imposing town walls there are a few houses grouped around the basilica. Here stands the Santa Casa, the Holy House, which is said to have been brought to Loreto from Nazareth by angels in the years 1294. It is believed to be the house in which Mary was born and in which the Annunciation by the angel took place. Loreto is still an important place of pilgrimage today.
From the magnificent and famous work Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
Read more about the Civitates Orbis.
Reference: Van der Krogt, 4, 3212 / Taschen p. 256
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