Excerpt from Raphael, Vol. 2 of 2: His Life and Works; With Particular Reference to Recently Discovered Records, and an Exhaustive Study of Extant Drawings and Pictures When Sixtus IV., the first pontifi' of the race of the Revere, built the chapel which bears his name, he entrusted its adornment to the best men that he could then find in Italy. The decision with which he set to work is shown in the rapidity with which his commands were obeyed. The frescos of the Sixtine chapel were all completed in the short period Of twelve months and on the 15th Of August, 1483, Julius, the second Pope of his race, chaunted, as cardinal, a mass in the chapel. 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.