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Those which relate to the sending of missionaries to America; 
and 
Those in which Pope Julius II. recommends Bartholomew and 
Diego Columbus. (See also Case 39 in Hall 9.) 
The five Mosaics, from museum of the Vatican, on the walls 
of this hall, are exceedingly fine specimens of the Mosaic art. 
No. 64:9. — “ The Prophet Isaiah.” 
After the original fresco painted by Raphael in the 
Church of St. Augustine. It preserves a precious work 
of the immortal artist, which, from its situation and the 
force of circumstances, is destined to perish. Its execu- 
tion required sixteen years* labor. 
No. 650. — “ The Roman Forum.” 
After the original painting by Angelini, showing the 
remains of these grand monuments (Roman) as they 
existed before the restorations of the last twenty years. 
No. 651. — “ Theology.” 
After the original painting by Raphael. 
No. 652. — Picture in Musaico Filato. 
After original painting from the actual, representing 
the facade and colonnade of St. Peter’s and the Vatican 
Palace, when the Pope, from the loggia, blessed the 
people. 
No. 663. — “ St. Peter Weeping.” 
Half-figure after the original painting, by Guido Reni. 
This is considered a masterpiece; the finest Mosaic in 
the world. Its execution required six years’ labor. 
The collection of Byzantine Madonnas, hanging in this hall, 
of which a full description will be found in the catalogue, were 
painted from the XII. to the XVI. centuries, and are very valuable. 
No. 64:5. — Portrait of Sovereign Pontiff Alexander VI. gaz- 
ing in adoration toward Jerusalem. Reproduced from the original 
fresco by Pinturecchio, 1494, in the Appartamento Borgia at the 
Vatican. 
No. 4:22. — Portrait of Bartholomew de las Casas. 
The most famous of the historians of the time of Columbus 
was Friar Bartholomew de las Casas, who was born in 1474, died in 
1566, and wrote the “Historia General de las Indias,” in three 
