Excerpt from Extracts From a Journal During a Tour in Italy in 1829 and 1830: Not Published The stone pulpit from which the saint used to preach is curiously carved, and a brazen serpent is piously believed to be the identical one worshipped by the children of Israel. The choir is behind the altar, agreeable to the Ambrosian rite, and the mosaic work of the cupola is of the fourth century. In this church the Emperors of Germany were crowned with the iron crown of Lombardy. The facade of Santa Maria presso San Celso is the most highly ornamented in Milan, and the cupola is beautifully painted by Appiani. Agate and lapis lazuli are lavished with profusion on the high altar, and the Virgin's Chapel is adorned with silver pillars. Santa Maria delle Grazia belonged to a Dominican convent, now suppressed, and is converted into the hotel of the Austrian gendarmerie. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.