ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE MERCATO VECCHIO, BEFORE ITS DEMOLITION Frontispiece.

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VARIOUS REMAINS DISCOVERED IN THE MERCATO VECCHIO, NOW IN THE ETRUSCAN MUSEUM, FLORENCE 1

THE ARNO RIVER-GOD. BAS-RELIEF. ETRUSCAN MUSEUM 39

ETRUSCAN TOMBSTONES, FROM THE MERCATO VECCHIO 55

SITE OF ROMAN VILLA, NEAR SAN ANDREA, FLORENCE 57

PAVEMENT OF A ROMAN HOUSE, WITH IMPLUVIUM, FOUND UNDER THE MERCATO VECCHIO 59

MOSAIC PAVEMENT OF A SALA DELLE TERME 59

PISCINA FRIGIDARIA, WITH CONNECTED CHILDREN'S BATHS, FOUND NEAR THE CAMPIDOGLIO 66

ATTACK ON THE MONKS OF SAN SALVI. BAS-RELIEF BY BENEDETTO DA ROVEZZANO; NATIONAL MUSEUM, FLORENCE 74

MIRACLE OF SAN GIOVANNI GUALBERTO (EXORCISING A DEVIL). BAS-RELIEF BY BENEDETTO DA ROVEZZANO 78

A ROMAN HYPOCAUST, PARTLY RECONSTRUCTED 85

EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE CALIDARIUM AND FURNACE 85

DESCENT TO A ROMAN WELL; DISCOVERED BENEATH THE CAMPIDOGLIO, FLORENCE 89

ROMAN CALIDARIUM, WITH FURNACE BENEATH; FLORENCE 93

IMPLUVIUM OF A ROMAN HOUSE; FLORENCE 93

MOUTH OF ROMAN FURNACE (MERCATO VECCHIO) 96

CALIDARIUM (ibidem) 96

BELFRY OF SAN ANDREA, MERCATO VECCHIO, FLORENCE 130

PALACE OF THE PODESTÀ, FLORENCE 192

PALAZZO VECCHIO, FLORENCE 241

SUPPOSED PALACE OF THEODORIC IN RAVENNA 383

THE TOMB OF THEODORIC, RAVENNA 384

ANCIENT SHRINE, RAVENNA 388

CHURCH OF SAN VITALE, RAVENNA 401

EMPEROR JUSTINIAN 403

EMPRESS THEODORA AND COURT, RAVENNA 404

SCENE IN CORN MARKET, FLORENCE 475

RIOT IN CORN MARKET, FLORENCE 476

VARIOUS REMAINS DISCOVERED IN THE MERCATO VECCHIO OF FLORENCE.

(Now in the Etruscan Museum.)

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