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Popes

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  • Various rites and cermonies for the burial of a pope, including the catafalque during the funeral and the funeral procession. Engraving by B Picart, 1724.
  • The supper of Saint Gregory. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Vasari.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1735.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.
  • Cardinal Pecci, the Camerlengo, verifying the death of Pope Pius IX. Wood engraving, 1878.
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    An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: [ca, 1840?] | Reference: 20044i
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    Buon appetito, your holiness / Mariangela Rinaldi and Mariangela Vicini ; translated from the Italian by Adam Victor.

    Rinaldi, Mariangela. | Date: 2000
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    Nine physiognomies of popes and prelates. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Date: 1791? | Reference: 29755i
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    The Oxford dictionary of Popes / J.N.D. Kelly.

    Kelly, J. N. D. (John Norman Davidson) | Date: 1986
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    A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.

    Orazi, Andrea Antonio, 1670-approximately 1749. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 29522i
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