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Excerpt from Rome Ancient and Modern and Its Environs, Vol. 3 The Sala Regia is a magnificent saloon, floored with various marbles, and adorned with a vaulted gilt cieling, 011 which are the arms of Paul V. The Scriptural frescos above its frieze were executed, those at the extremities by Lanfranc and those 011 the side walls for the most part by Carlo Saraceni a feeble artist, when compared to Lanfijanc. The marble relief of Christ washing the feet Qf his Apos tles, over the entrance into the chapel, is by Tad dei Landoni of Florence. Of the two angels above which sustain the arms of Paul V. That to the left is by Pietro Bernini and that to the right is by David Bertolot, a French sculptor. This hall was erected by Carlo Mademq, and has sometimes served for public Consistories. 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.