The Vatican Its History Its Treasures
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So far as is known, how- ever, the Vatican did not possess an important col- lection of coins and medals until the middle of the eighteenth century. This is all the more surprising as many cardinals are known to have had splendid collections as early as the end of the fifteenth century. It will be sufficient to cite here that which Cardinal Barbo, afterwards Paul II, had formed in his glorious Palazzo Venezia.
About 1738 Clement XII took the first step towards making an im- portant collection, ...when he bought the celebrated Roman medallions belonging to Cardinal Albani. Benedict XIV added to these the ancient coins and medals of every age and country which had been sedulously collected by Cardinal Carpegna. Later were acquired the Papal coins which belonged to the famous numismatist Saverio Scilla, and which had formed the basis for his fundamental work on Papal numismatics. Subsequent Popes acquired minor collections, and strove in every way to extend the existing series of coins, so that, when Pius VI secured the celebrated collection of Queen Christina of Sweden, which had passed into the hands of Prince Livio Odescalchi, the Vatican collection became one of the richest and most famous of the age.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
So far as is known, how- ever, the Vatican did not possess an important col- lection of coins and medals until the middle of the eighteenth century. This is all the more surprising as many cardinals are known to have had splendid collections as early as the end of the fifteenth century. It will be sufficient to cite here that which Cardinal Barbo, afterwards Paul II, had formed in his glorious Palazzo Venezia.
About 1738 Clement XII took the first step towards making an im- portant collection, ...when he bought the celebrated Roman medallions belonging to Cardinal Albani. Benedict XIV added to these the ancient coins and medals of every age and country which had been sedulously collected by Cardinal Carpegna. Later were acquired the Papal coins which belonged to the famous numismatist Saverio Scilla, and which had formed the basis for his fundamental work on Papal numismatics. Subsequent Popes acquired minor collections, and strove in every way to extend the existing series of coins, so that, when Pius VI secured the celebrated collection of Queen Christina of Sweden, which had passed into the hands of Prince Livio Odescalchi, the Vatican collection became one of the richest and most famous of the age.
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