scala sanctaの例文
- The " Scala Sancta ", or Holy Stairs, are white marble steps encased in wooden ones.
- For centuries, the " Scala Sancta " has attracted Christian pilgrims who wish to honor the Passion of Jesus.
- Other constituent parts of the Lateran complex are the building of the Scala Sancta with the Sancta Sanctorum and the Triclinium of Pope Leo III.
- The Scala Sancta, the stairs from Pontius Pilate's praetorium, ascended by Jesus during his trial were also reportedly brought to Rome by Saint Helena of Constantinople in the 4th century.
- Charles Dickens, after visiting the " Scala Sancta " in 1845, wrote : " I never, in my life, saw anything at once so ridiculous and so unpleasant as this sight . " He described the scene of pilgrims ascending the staircase on their knees as a " dangerous reliance on outward observances ".
- For the project at the Scala Sancta, an overlapping crew of artists was also employed to decorate frescoes including Giovanni Baglione himself, Stella, Giovanni Battista Pozzo, Nogari, as well as Prospero Orsi, Ferra?Fenzoni, Paul Bril, Paolo Guidotti, Giovanni Battista Ricci, Cesare Torelli, Antonio Vivarini, Andrea Lilio, Cesare and Vicenzo Conti, Baldassare Croce, Ventura Salimbeni, and Antonio Scalvati.
- During the pontificate of Pope Sixtus V ( 1585 1590 ), Nebbia and Guerra together supervised the two major fresco decorations commissioned by this papacy : at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, construction and decoration of the " Capella Sistina "; and in the Lateran palace and church of San Giovanni in Laterano, the refurbishment of the " Scala Sancta " and the chapel of St . Lawrence.
- The project for the Scala Sancta involved an amalgam of structures, it comprises five parallel staircases leading to a common corridor, opening up to chapels, the central one of which was the private papal chapel of St . Laurence or " Sancta Sanctorum " of the gothic Lateran Palace, and held numerous relics, including the icon of " Santissimi Salvatore Acheiropoieton " ( that is, not painted by human hands ).