Mirabilia urbis Romae =
Subtitle: The marvels of Rome : or a picture of the golden city
By: an English version of the medieval guide-book, with a supplement of illustrative matter, and notes by Francis Morgan Nichols.
Contributors: Nichols, Francis Morgan, 1826-
Publisher: Ellis and Elvey
Published: 1889
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Rome (Italy) -- Guidebooks
Genres: Guidebooks.
Other titles: Marvels of Rome
Work titles: Mirabilia Romae.
Notes: "Ordo romanus" consists of extracts from the Politicus Benedicti Canonici, written before 1143. The "three records" are (1) Grant of the Capitoline hill to the abbey of St. Mary in the Capitol: extract from a bull of Pope Anaclete II (about 1130) cited in a bull of Pope Innocent IV, 1252; (2) Grant to the church of St. Sergius and Bacchus, of half the arch of Severus and other property. Extract from a bull of Pope Innocent III, 1199; (3) Table of relics at the Basilica of the Lateran.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Of the foundation of Rome, and of her chief monuments.; title: pt. II. Divers histories touching certain famous places and images in Rome.; title: pt. III. A perambulation of the city.; title: Mirabiliana: pt. I. The marvels of Roman churches [A. D. 1375] pt. II. A description of Rome by Benjamin of Tudela, an Hebrew traveller, about A. D. 1170. pt. III. Ordo romanus. pt. IV. Three records. pt. V. Description of the medieval plan of Rome at the end of the volume; and of the frontispiece.; title: Index.