Book contents
- Rebuilding St. Paul’s Outside the Walls
- Rebuilding St. Paul’s Outside the Walls
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Fire in the Temple
- One Disenchanting Histories
- Two “A Portent, beyond Statues Sweating Blood in the Forum …”
- Three Future Visions
- Four Broadening the Debate
- Five Reframing the Debate
- Six Catholic Romanticism
- Part II Resurrecting San Paolo
- Part III Reimagined Sacred Histories
- Part IV From Paul to Mary
- Bibliography
- Index
Two - “A Portent, beyond Statues Sweating Blood in the Forum …”
from Part I - Fire in the Temple
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
Book contents
- Rebuilding St. Paul’s Outside the Walls
- Rebuilding St. Paul’s Outside the Walls
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Fire in the Temple
- One Disenchanting Histories
- Two “A Portent, beyond Statues Sweating Blood in the Forum …”
- Three Future Visions
- Four Broadening the Debate
- Five Reframing the Debate
- Six Catholic Romanticism
- Part II Resurrecting San Paolo
- Part III Reimagined Sacred Histories
- Part IV From Paul to Mary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
“A Portent, beyond Statues Sweating Blood in the Forum …” reconstructs the fire that destroyed San Paolo fuori le mura in July 1823 and the despairing responses the event provoked in Rome.
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- Rebuilding St. Paul's Outside the WallsArchitecture and the Catholic Revival in the 19th Century, pp. 41 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024