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Excerpt from Mirabilia Vrbis Romae: The Marvel of Rome, or a Picture of the Golden City HE little book of which an Englilh verfion is here publifhed for the firft time was the fiandard guide-book of the more learned vifitors to Rome from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. Its fiatements were received with the refpect due to a work of authority, and their inuence may be traced in the writings of many of the authors who ouriihed during that period. The molt {triking example of the long-fufiained credit of the medieval Roman Topo graphy is afforded by the Letters of Petrarch. In the defcriptions of Rome given by this great leader of the Revival of Learning, fcarcely any trace appears of the new critical fpirit, but the locali ties are {till prefented under the names, and affociated with the legends, of the Mira 6 did. 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.