| Johann Beckmann - 1814 - 508 pages
...first purchased a quantity of it, to the amount of twenty thousand pieces of gold ; and Cosmo of Medici for this article laid out afterwards seventy-five...the gain were granted to the two brothers, lords of Tolia, in whose land the aluminous mineral had been found. This accession of wealth to the Church of... | |
| Johann Beckmann - 1817 - 572 pages
...first purchased a quantity of it, to the amount of twenty thousand pieces of gold ; and Cosmo of Medici for this article laid out afterwards seventy-five...Immunities and a share also of the gain were granted tp the two brothers, lords of Tolfa, in whose land the aluminous mineral had been found. This accession... | |
| Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 556 pages
...first purchased a quantity of it, to the amount of twenty thousand pieces ot gold ; and Cosmo of Medici for this article laid out afterwards seventy-five...wealth to the Church of Rome was made, by the divine blessing, under the pontificate of Pius II. ; and if it escape, as it ought, the hands of tyrants,... | |
| Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 578 pages
...twenty thousand pieces ot gold ; and Cosmo of Medici for this article laid out afterwards seventy-fi v« thousand. On account of this service, Pius thought...besides a certain share of the profit. Immunities and a lhare also of the gain were granted to the two brothers, lords of Tolfa, in whose land the aluminous... | |
| 1865 - 338 pages
...succeeding beyond their expectations, the Pope thought Castro worthy of high honours, and a statue was erected to him in his own country, with this inscription — " To John di Castro, the inventor of alum." When the alum works of the Papal States were found to be successful, others were erected in various... | |
| Vatican S. Pietro - 1878 - 26 pages
...Genoese first purchased a quantity of it, to the amount of 20,000 pieces of gold ; and Cosmo of Medici for this article laid out afterwards seventy-five...wealth to the Church of Rome was made, by the divine blessing, under the Pontificate of Pius II. ; and if it escape, as it ought, the hands of tyrants,... | |
| Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1879 - 504 pages
...seventy-five thousand. On account of this service, Pius thought Castro worthy of the highest honors and of a statue, which was erected to him in his own...wealth to the Church of Rome was made, by the divine blessing, under the Pontificate of Pins II. : and if it escape, as it ought, the hands of tyrants,... | |
| Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1880 - 512 pages
...seventy-five thousand. On account of this service, Pius thought Castro worthy of the highest honors and of a statue, which was erected to him in his own...wealth to the Church of Rome was made, by the divine blessing, under the Pontificate of Pius II. : and if it escape, as it ought, the hands of tyrants,... | |
| 1922 - 966 pages
...our age. The stones were calcined, and produced alum more beautiful than that of Asia, and superior in quality. Some of it was sent to Venice and to Florence;...Lords of Tolfa, in whose land the aluminous mineral has been found. This accession of wealth to the Church of Rome was made, by the divine blessing, under... | |
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