Tuesday 27th March 1883

Mar 27, 2008 22:00

Had a restless night so got up late and took carriage to Museo Borbonico where is a wonderful collection of statues, bronzes, pictures etc., re the Toro Farnese found at Rome and the Hercules are the finest examples I ever saw. The remains found at Pompeii are remarkable and embrace every kind of machine and instrument in daily use. The collection ( Read more... )

art, naples, churches, illness, museums, catholicism, pompeii, colleagues

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weepingcross March 28 2008, 22:46:34 UTC
The liquefaction of the blood of St Januarius a cheat? What shocking scepticism.

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strange_complex March 28 2008, 23:32:17 UTC
Weeellll, it's vain popery, innit, so it must be a cheat! ;-)

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