Ex Voto

About this eBook

Author

Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902

Title

Ex Voto: An Account of the Sacro Monte or New Jerusalem at Varallo-Sesia With Some Notice of Tabachetti's Remaining Work at the Sanctuary of Crea

Credits

Transcribed from the 1890 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

N: Fine Arts

Subject

Art -- Italy -- Varallo-Sesia

Category

Text

eBook-No.

4073

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4073

Release Date

May 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EX VOTO:
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION .
7. 7.CHAPTER II. THE REV. S. W. KING—LANZI AND LOMAZZO . — CHAPTER III. VARALLO , PAST AND PRESENT .
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. BERNARDINO CAIMI , AND FASSOLA .
9. 9.CHAPTER V. EARLY HISTORY OF THE SACRO MONTE .
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS .
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. AIM AND SCOPE OF THE SACRO MONTE .
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. GAUDENZIO FERRARI , TABACHETTI , AND GIOVANNI D’ENRICO . — Tabachetti . — Giovanni D’Enrico .
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. THE ASCENT , AND THE FIRST FOUR CHAPELS . — Chapel No . 1. Adam and Eve . — Chapel No . 2. The Annunciation . — Chapel No . 3. The Salutation of Mary by Elizabeth . — Chapel No . 4. First Vision of St. Joseph .
14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE SEVEN CHAPELS NUMBERED 5–11. — Chapel No . 5. Visit of the Magi . — Chapel No . 6. Il Presepio . — Chapel No . 7. Visit of the Shepherds . — Chapel No . 8. Called by Fassola and Torrotti the Circumcision, and by Bordiga the Purification . — Chapel No . 9. Joseph Warned to Fly . — Chapel No . 10. The Flight into Egypt . — Chapel No . 11. Massacre of the Innocents .
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. CHAPELS No. 12– No. 22. — Chapel No . 12. The Baptism of Christ by John . — Chapel No . 13. Temptation . — Chapel No . 14. The Woman of Samaria . — Chapel No . 15. The Paralytic . — Chapel No . 16. The Widow’s Son at Nain . — Chapel No . 17. The Transfiguration . — Chapel No . 18. Raising of Lazarus . — Chapel No . 19. Entry into Jerusalem . — Chapel No. 20. The Last Supper . — Chapel No . 21. The Agony in the Garden . — Chapel No . 22. The Sleeping Apostles .
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE PALACE OF PILATE . — Chapel No . 23. The Capture of Christ . — Chapel No . 24. Christ taken to Annas . — Chapel No . 25. Christ taken before Caiaphas . — Chapel No . 26. The Repentance of St. Peter . — Chapel No . 27. Christ before Pilate . — Chapel No . 28. Christ before Herod . — Chapel No . 29. Christ taken back to Pilate . — Chapel No . 30. The Flagellation . — Chapel No . 31. The Crowning with Thorns . — Chapel No. 32. Christ at the Steps of the Pretorium . — Chapel No. 33. Ecce Homo . — Chapel No . 34. Pilate Washing his Hands . — Chapel No . 35. Christ Condemned to Death .
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. MYSTERIES OF THE PASSION AND DEATH . — Chapel No . 36. The Journey to Calvary . — Chapel No . 37. The Nailing of Christ to the Cross . — Chapel No . 38. The Crucifixion .
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — Chapel No . 39. The Descent from the Cross .
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. THE PIETÀ AND REMAINING CHAPELS. — Chapel No . 40. The Pietà . — Chapel No . 41. The Entombment . — Remaining Chapels and Chiesa Maggiore .
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. TABACHETTI’S WORK AT CREA.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. CONCLUSION.
22. 22.Photographs of Subjects ON THE SACRO MONTE. — FOOTNOTES.

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