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Article OF THE OBELISKS IN ROME. ← Page 2 of 2 Article NOTITIAE TEMPLARIAE. Page 1 of 4 →
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Of The Obelisks In Rome.
the ship that brought it was sunk by Claudius m the port ol Ostia , and that he built a tower upon it , and that its mast was so large four men could not grasp it . It was first erected near the new sacristy oi bu Peter ' s . After having been prostrate during many centuries , it was determined to raise it once more , and the spot chosen was its present situation in front of St . Peter ' s . Fontano transported it by forty engines at each of which were four horses and twenty men , to the appointed iven sound of trumpetand when
spot . The signal to raise it was g by , to let it rest upon its grand pedestal by a bell . All their labours would , however , have been fruitless , but for the presence of an English sailoi who , observing how the cords were stretching with the enormous weight , called out , " Wet the ropes . " The advice was complied with , and the stupendous mass placed upon its base . Fontana says , that it weighs of it s workand cost bes . de
1 , 4 . 1 ) 3 , 562 pounds . The raising was a year , the cross and brazen lions upon whose back it rests , the sum of 37 , J 7 o golden crowns—an enormous sum , when the relative value oi money is considered in our time , and the age of Sextus the Fifth , perhaps the most energetic Pontiff who ever filled the Papal throne .
Notitiae Templariae.
NOTITIAE TEMPLARIAE .
( No . VIII . ) POSSESSIONS , ETC . IN GERMANY AND SPAIN . GERMANY . So early as the year 1130 , the Templars were endowed with houses Other princes at different periods
and lands ' by the Emperor Lothaire . contributed to increase their possessions , till at length , about the beginning of the 13 th century , the Templars had establishments over the greater part of Germany . , . These extensive acquisitions were divided into three great provinces , — those of Upper Germany , Brandenburg , and Bohemia with Moravia . UPPER G ERMANY included , 1 st , Austria , in which they had houses or SinzendorfDietrichsdorfand Modlm
convents at Aspern , Ebenfurt , , , 2 nd . Bavaria with Swabia , where the chief establishments were at Augsburg and Hall . , 3 rd . Franconia , having its principal preceptory at Lamberg . 4 th Alsace , containing castles and convents atBomgarten , Beischeim , and Dorlisheim . . , Lorainin which fewer than twenty-four houses .
Sth . e , were no 6 th . The Rhine-lands , where the Templars were established at Treves , Maintz , Dietrich , Kobern , and other places . BRANDENBURG , the second grand province of the Order , comprehended Poland , Saxony , Westphalia , Thurmgia and other parts . Ihe Emperor Lothaire gave the Order possessions at S » PP ™ S '" ^ V " - A century afterwards they obtained from Udislaus , Duke oi Poland , the andBoitslowand in 1238 valuable Mq ^ onsat
castles of Quartschen , Gastrin . About the same time the Prince of Pomerania granted them the possession of Bohnen , Pausin , and Ko hn . Ihe King of . 1 olan further gave them the stronghold of Draheim , and they were invested ° l' u VOL . VII .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Of The Obelisks In Rome.
the ship that brought it was sunk by Claudius m the port ol Ostia , and that he built a tower upon it , and that its mast was so large four men could not grasp it . It was first erected near the new sacristy oi bu Peter ' s . After having been prostrate during many centuries , it was determined to raise it once more , and the spot chosen was its present situation in front of St . Peter ' s . Fontano transported it by forty engines at each of which were four horses and twenty men , to the appointed iven sound of trumpetand when
spot . The signal to raise it was g by , to let it rest upon its grand pedestal by a bell . All their labours would , however , have been fruitless , but for the presence of an English sailoi who , observing how the cords were stretching with the enormous weight , called out , " Wet the ropes . " The advice was complied with , and the stupendous mass placed upon its base . Fontana says , that it weighs of it s workand cost bes . de
1 , 4 . 1 ) 3 , 562 pounds . The raising was a year , the cross and brazen lions upon whose back it rests , the sum of 37 , J 7 o golden crowns—an enormous sum , when the relative value oi money is considered in our time , and the age of Sextus the Fifth , perhaps the most energetic Pontiff who ever filled the Papal throne .
Notitiae Templariae.
NOTITIAE TEMPLARIAE .
( No . VIII . ) POSSESSIONS , ETC . IN GERMANY AND SPAIN . GERMANY . So early as the year 1130 , the Templars were endowed with houses Other princes at different periods
and lands ' by the Emperor Lothaire . contributed to increase their possessions , till at length , about the beginning of the 13 th century , the Templars had establishments over the greater part of Germany . , . These extensive acquisitions were divided into three great provinces , — those of Upper Germany , Brandenburg , and Bohemia with Moravia . UPPER G ERMANY included , 1 st , Austria , in which they had houses or SinzendorfDietrichsdorfand Modlm
convents at Aspern , Ebenfurt , , , 2 nd . Bavaria with Swabia , where the chief establishments were at Augsburg and Hall . , 3 rd . Franconia , having its principal preceptory at Lamberg . 4 th Alsace , containing castles and convents atBomgarten , Beischeim , and Dorlisheim . . , Lorainin which fewer than twenty-four houses .
Sth . e , were no 6 th . The Rhine-lands , where the Templars were established at Treves , Maintz , Dietrich , Kobern , and other places . BRANDENBURG , the second grand province of the Order , comprehended Poland , Saxony , Westphalia , Thurmgia and other parts . Ihe Emperor Lothaire gave the Order possessions at S » PP ™ S '" ^ V " - A century afterwards they obtained from Udislaus , Duke oi Poland , the andBoitslowand in 1238 valuable Mq ^ onsat
castles of Quartschen , Gastrin . About the same time the Prince of Pomerania granted them the possession of Bohnen , Pausin , and Ko hn . Ihe King of . 1 olan further gave them the stronghold of Draheim , and they were invested ° l' u VOL . VII .