Numismata summorum pontificum Templi Vaticani fabricam indicantia

Buonanni, Filippo, 1638-1725 · 1696 · Romae, sumptibus Felicis Caesaretti & Paribeni... typis Dominici Antonii Herculis · 38 pictures

A 1696 Roman book by Filippo Buonanni, printed in Rome, that records papal medals and the building history of St Peter's Basilica for scholars and collectors of Vatican antiquities. Its pictures are engraved plans, elevations and sections of the basilica, with lettered keys and tabulated numbering, offering a designer clear models of symmetrical cross-plan architecture, ornate scrollwork cartouches, and ordered diagrammatic layout.

Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano -- History · Basilicas -- Vatican City -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800 · Papal medals -- Early works to 1800 · Sepulchral monuments -- Vatican City -- Early works to 1800

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