sanginetti

Updated: July 24, 2025

The collection was made by the late Signor Sanginetti, Professor of Mineralogy in the University, and is quite unique. A great deal of instruction may also be obtained from the mineralogical study of the thousands of marble columns still standing in the older churches and palaces of Rome, most of which have been derived from the ruins of ancient temples and basilicas.

Hugh Macmillan - Roman Mosaics: Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood