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Appendix C: The Terza Loggia
Francesca Fiorani
Description: The Marvel of Maps: Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy
The Marvel of Maps: Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy
This appendix shows the relations between the maps painted on the wall of the Terza Loggia and the religious scenes depicted on the ceiling...
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Francesca Fiorani
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Copyright© 2005 Francesca Fiorani
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Appendix C: The Terza Loggia
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Description: Reconstruction of the Terza Loggia, Vatican by Unknown
Maps and Religion
This appendix shows the relations between the maps painted on the wall of the Terza Loggia and the religious scenes depicted on the ceiling. It lists the decorations vault by vault, starting from the western wing that Pius IV had painted in the early 1560s and proceeding to the northern wing that Gregory XIII completed in the early 1580s. The decorations of the vault are listed before those of the walls. It is worth mentioning that the maps are not depicted directly underneath the vaults, but rather in the areas between two consecutive vaults. The titles given in brackets are the ones documented in Agostino Taja, Descritione del Palazzo vaticano (Rome, 1752). Most of the city views that once complemented the general maps are impossible to identify today and many were unidentifiable already in the early eighteenth century, when Taja wrote his guidebook to the Vatican Palace.
First vault
Scenes: Trinity and Time
Inscription: Pius IIII Medices Mediolanensis Pontifex Maximus
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of the British Isles
Map of Ireland
Second vault
Scenes: Chariot of the Sun (repeated in two separate scenes).
Inscription: Pads auctor et custos parta securitate rerum omnium copiam et vilitatem introduxit.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of Spain
View of the Monastery of San Justo in Castile, where Emperor Charles v spent his last days (with inscription).
Third vault
Scenes: Chariot of the Moon and emblems relating to planetary motions.
Inscription: Iustitiam colit causarum explicatione revocata iudiciis ex aequo et bono constitutis.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of France
Landscape with the following inscription: Terminus posuisti, quern non transgredientur.
Fourth vault
Scenes: Spring (Ver) and Summer (Aetas)
Inscription: Egentes homines molesta et fallaci mendicitate sublata certis locis distributos alit.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of Italy
Landscape with river and the following inscription: Potestas eius a mare usque ad mare.
Fifth vault
Scenes: Autumn (Autumnus) and Winter (Hyems)
Inscription: Portam et viam Pias publicae commoditati aperuit et munivit.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of Greece
Landscape
Sixth vault
Scenes: Year (Annus) and Life (Vita)
Inscription: Thermas diocletianas Mariae Virgini de’ dicatas magnificentissimo templo exornari mandavit.
On the wall
Map of Asia Minor
Landscape with city view
Seventh vault
Scenes: Genius of Life (Genius Vitae) and Century (Saeculum)
Inscription: Portam et viam Flaminias reficiebat Adriani molem nova munitione cingebat.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of the Holy Land
Landscape with city in the background
Eighth vault
Scenes: Bad Children (Pueritia mala) and Good Children (Pueritia bona)
Inscription: Anconam Hostiam Centumcellas moenibus portubus arcibus muniebat.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of Germany
Landscape
Ninth vault
Scenes: Bad Youth (Iuventus mala) and Good Youth (Iuventus bona)
Inscription: Viam Aureliam pene in viam restituibat aquam Saloniam deducebat.
On the wall
Map of Hungary and Poland
Landscape with Polish soldiers
Tenth vault
Scenes: Bad Men (Virilhas mala) and Good Men (Virilitas bona)
Inscription: Virtutem et liberalia studia honesta bat. Imprimendi artem in urbem inducebat.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of the Scandinavian Peninsula
Landscape
Eleventh vault
Scenes: Bad Elders (Senectus mala) and Good Elders (Senectus bona)
Inscription: Concilio Tridenti indicto principes ad rem adiuvandam cohortatus omnibus evocatis.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of Muscovy
Landscape
Twelfth vault
Scenes: Bad Seniors (Decrepitas mala) and Good Seniors (Decrepitas bona)
Inscription: Christianae religionis disciplinam multis locis perturbatam omni ope et contentione corrigendam restituendamque curabat.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of Tartaria
Painting by Giovanni Antonio Vanosino representing the Council of Trent convened in its last session (with inscription) now removed.
Thirteenth vault
Scenes: Death (Mors) and Celestial Glory (not documented in Taja)
Inscription: Sac. Concilii Tridentini legibus firmatis pro earum observantia stenue laboravit (not documented in Taja).
Coat of arms: Urban VIII
On the wall
Map of Greenland
Landscape
Fourteenth vault (at the corner between the western and northern wing)
Scenes: The Burning of a City (Finis per ignem) and The Resurrection of Bones (Ossa vivent)
Inscription: Gallium dissidio religionis exorto a domesticis hostibus vexatam opibus copiis pecuniis adiuvit ann. IV.
Inscription: Avenionem et regionem universam praesenti periculo et calamitate liberavit.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of the Western Hemisphere
Map of the Eastern Hemisphere
Fifteenth vault
Scenes: The Restoration of Bones With Bones (Ossa ad ossa) and The Restoration of Bones With Flesh (Carnes succrescunt)
Inscription: Iustitiam restituebat mores emendabat sacerdotia ad veteris formam instituti revocabat.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of Western Africa (Africae pars, regna diversa continens)
Three city views (Senega lignea civitas portatilis, Fessanova civitas, Fessavetus Mauritaniae urbs Regia). Inscription on the Translation of the Relics of St.
Gregory of Nazianzus: Gregorius XIII pont. max. Beati Gregorii Nazianzeni corpus ex sacrum Virginum templo Dei Genitrici Mariae ad Campum Martium dicato in basilicae vaticanae Sacellum a se ornatum celeberrima quam vides pompa transtulit III Idus Junii MDLXXX.
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (first scene).
Sixteenth vault
Scenes: The Opening of the Tombs (Aperientur tumuli) and The Last Judgment (Dies Domini)
Inscription: Ravennam urbem civium numero et virtute instructam fortissimis etiam propugnaculis muniebat.
Inscription: Generale Concilium ante xxvi annos inchoatum summo omnium consensu feliciter absolvit comprobavitq.
Coat of arms: Pius IV
On the wall
Map of Eastern Africa (Africae altera pars, Abyssinorum Regna diversa continens)
Map of Cyprus
View of a mountain in Ethiopia (Amara mons Aethiopiae)
Three city views (Cassum Reginae Candacis sedes)
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (second scene)
Seventeenth vault
Scenes: Children in Heaven and Widows in Heaven
Inscription: Galliae regem contra seditiosos haereticos pecunia iuvit dissentientes cenvensium partes per antiquiorem card legatum a se missum composuit tumultus metu ab Italia sublato.
Inscription: Gregorius XIII Pont. Max. Pii Papae V sanctionem de S.R.E. locis non alienandis iure iurando firmavit.
Coat of arms: Gregory XIII
On the wall
Map of Egypt (Aegyptus) Map of Arabia (Arabia felix)
Map of Turkey (Turcicum extra Europam Dominium)
Three City Views (Alexandria Aegypti and Damascus)
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (third scene)
Eighteenth vault
Scenes: Widowers in Heaven and Virgins in Heavens
Inscription: Res et loca quae S.R.E. dominii sunt iniuste occupata evixe recuperabat eius ditionem augebat.
Inscription: Pontem Senatorium diu interruptum iactis molib. restituit alterum in periculosis Palliae vadis via Cassia fecit.
Coat of arms: Gregory XIII
On the wall
Map of Persia (Persiae Regnum)
City Views (Babilon magna)
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (fourth scene)
Nineteenth vault
Scenes: Doctors of the Church in Heaven and Saint Bishops in Heaven
Inscription: Annum Iubileum MDLXXV aperuit summaq. pietate atq. erga peregrinos caritate magnoque populorum concursu celebratum clausit.
Inscription: Viam Flaminiam et quae area perpetum diversis . . . fecit Anconae arcem dilatavit amplissimum adveniis pestilentia suspectis mercibusque expurgandis aedificium ad Portum struxit Centumcellarum munitionem perfecit.
Coat of arms: Gregory XIII
On the wall
Map of India (India intra Gangem et pars extra)
Map of Ceylon (Zeilam)
Three city views
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (fifth scene)
Twentieth vault
Scenes: Patriarchs in Heaven and Popes in Heaven
Inscription: Publica in Diocletiani Thermis horrea ad levandam rei frumentariae inopiam construxit Portam Caelimontanam a solo in ampliorem formam aedificavit.
Inscription: Germanos Britannos Pannonios Graecos Neophytos in constitutis a se urbanis collegiis doctrina excolendos curabat collegia alia alibi instituebat.
Coat of arms: Gregory XIII
On the wall
Map of Malaysia (Malaca)
Map of Western Asia and China (India extra Gangem pars altera, sive Cina)
Three city views (Quinzai Civitas)
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (sixth scene).
Twenty-First vault
Scenes: Martyrs in Heaven (repeated in two separate scenes)
Inscription: Aquam virginem in celeberrima urbis loca deduxit lacubusq. e marmore summo artificio constructis fontes publicae utilitati et iucunditati aperuit.
Inscription: Imprimendi artem haebraicis graecis chaldaeis arabicis armenii illyricis caracterib ab se praecipuae instructam ita promovet ut iam Orientis et oppressae Turcis et Schismaticis Europae populi missis catechismi propria ad pietatem lingua instituantur.
Coat of arms: Gregory XIII
On the wall
Map of Tartaria (Tartarorum Regiones)
Map of a Battle
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (seventh scene)
Twenty-Second vault
Scenes: Martyrs in Heaven and Four Evangelists in Heaven
Inscription: Immensam basilicae S. Petri aedificationem maxime urgebat magnam partem a fundamentis excitatam altius tollebat.
Inscription: Sacellum in Basilica S. Petri admirabili opere exornavit proventu addictis sacerdotib. comparato Dei genitrici et D. Gregorio Nazianzeno dicavit.
Coat of arms: Gregory XIII
On the wall
Map of South America (America, sive Peru)
Three city views
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (eighth scene)
Twenty-Third vault
Scenes: Virgin and Apostles in Heaven and Choir of Angels
Inscription: Ambulationem in Vaticano pictis in ea totius Italiae regionibus urbibus oppidis Rom. Ecclesiae et principatum ditionibus magnifice extruxit.
Inscription: [unreadable] sanctissimi Corporis Christi sacellum in Laterano aedificavit Constantini baptisterium ibidem et pro aede Sanctae Mariae Maioris porticum alia atque alia pia loco instauravit.
Coat of arms: Gregory XIII
On the wall
Map of New Spain (Hispania Nova)
Map of Japan (Japan)
Map of the Antilles Islands (Cuba)
Three city views
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (ninth scene)
Twenty-Fourth vault
Scenes: Virgin in Glory and Trinity
Inscription: Litteras et praeclara in quovis doctrinae genere ingenia fovebat academiam romanam sumptuosa et nobilium disciplinarum studiosis commoda aedificatione augebat.
Inscription: Gregorius XIII Pont. Max. exornavit anno domini MDLXXXII Pontificalis sui XI.
Coat of arms: Gregory XIII
On the wall
Map of Islands (Insulae circa primum meridianum)
Inscription on Gregory XIII’s reform of the calendar: Gregorius XIII Pont. Max. ut sanctum Pascha suo in perpetuum tempore celebratur rationem anni diuperpeturbatam restituit modumque adhibuit quo futuris saeculis in preaescriptae definitionis statu sine confusione perseveret anno MDLXXXII Pont, sui XI.
Inscription on Gregory XIII’s renovations in the Vatican Palace: Palatii hanc partem turn a Pio Papa IV turn a se fondatum ad fastigium totam perduxit et picturis conspicuam fecit consistoriale aulas instauravit Constantinianam altius sublatam testudine iunxit regiam vario marmore stravit s. Pauli sacellum pictis et plastico opere fictis imaginibus et altari constructo decoravit.
Translation of the Relics of Gregory of Nazianzus (tenth scene)
Appendix C: The Terza Loggia
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