1 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Ager Nolanus, engraving, first state 171
2 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Vetus, engraving, second state 172
3 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Figura praesentis urbis Nolae, engraving, second state 173
4 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Praesens, engraving 174
5 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Ager Nolanus, first state. Detail including the view of Naples and, on the left, the signature of HIE[ronimus] MOCE[tus] 175
6 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Ager Nolanus, second state. Detail including the view of Naples, the signature of HIE[ronimus] MOCE[tus] and a little plant 175
7 Naples, Castel Nuovo. Vault of the Gran sala, 1452–1458. Photo Fulvio Lenzo 176
8 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Ager Nolanus. Detail of Nola 176
9 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Vetus. Detail representing the area of modern Nola within the larger perimeter of the ancient city. 177
10 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Figura praesentis urbis Nolae. Detail representing the modern city 177
11 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Vetus. Details of the “marble amphitheatre”, thermal building and of the “antiqua excava” 178
12 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Vetus. Detail of the thermal building in another copy of the De Nola 178
13 Avella, Pedestal bearing the inscription CIL, X, 1211. Limestone. View of the right flank showing a relief of an amphitheatre. Photo Histantartsi Archive 179
14 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Vetus. Detail of the temple of Mercury 180
15 Matteo de’ Pasti, Foundation medal of the church of San Francesco in Rimini, 1447–50. Bronze, diameter 4 cm 180
16 Anonimous, Reconstruction of the Temple of Neptun in Pozzuoli. Engraving, after Francisco Villamena, Ager Puteolanus sive Prospectus eiusdem Insigniores, Rome 1620, plate 10 181
17 Anonimous draftman, Map of the “Selva di Maddaloni”. Detail of river Clanio and and Virgil’s verse “Clanius non aequus Acerris”. Naples, Archivio di Stato, Ufficio Iconografico, 65. Ink on parchment 182
18 Anonimous draftman, Map of the Selva di Maddaloni. Detail of Nola and the Roman amphitheatre identified as “antic. anphit.”. Naples, Archivio di Stato, Ufficio Iconografico, 65. Ink on parchment 182
19 Archaeological map of Nola (from Beloch 1890) 183
20 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Vetus. Detail of the two tombs (antiqui tumuli) 184
21 Anonimous draftman (Destailleur B), View of an ancient tomb from Nola. Saint Petersbourg, Ermitage, codex Destailleur B, f. 110(107) verso, detail. Ink on paper (cm 15,3 × 20,6) 184
22 Antoine Morillon, Ancient funerary monument in Nola. Eton, Eton College, ms. Bo.17.4, n.4), f. 12 recto: “Nol[a]e ex Albano lapide”. Ink, wash on paper 185
23 Antoine Morillon, Ancient funerary monument monumento in “Tegiani”. Eton, Eton College, ms. Bo.17.4, n.4. Ink and wash on paper 186
24 Avella, Roman mausoleums. Photo Histantartsi Archive 187
25 Francesco di Giorgio, sketch of three ancient monuments “in champagna”. Florence, Uffizi, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, 337 A recto, detail 187
26 Nola, Antiquarium of the Archdiocese. Inscription CIL, X, 1272. Limestone. Height: cm 72,6. Width: cm 123. Photo Histantartsi Archive 188
27 Nola, Antiquarium of the Archdiocese. Inscription CIL, X, 1285. Limestone. Height: cm 19. Width: cm 85,5. Photo Histantartsi Archive 188
28 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Praesens. Detail showing the area of the Orsini palace (regia) and the church of San Francesco 189
29 Nola, Orsini palace. View of the facade. 1470. Photo Histantartsi Archive 190
30 Nola, Albertini palace, Detail of the base with spolia, c. 1470. Photo Histantartsi Archive 191
31 Naples, Collegium of the Gesù Vecchio (once the palace of Carlo Carafa). Detail of the base executed with ancient white limestone blocks from the remains of the “Temple of Mercury” in Nola. Photo Fulvio Lenzo 191
32 Nola, Albertini palace. Courtyard. c. 1470–1530. Photo Histantartsi Archive 192
33 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Praesens. Detail showing the cathedral, the seggio, the Dogana and the churches of Santa Chiara, San Felice, Santi Apostoli and San Giovanni Battista 192
34 Master of the Bardi Chapel, Bardi Altar, Detail showing the Choice of the habit in the Bardi dossal, Church of Santa Croce, Florence, 1263–1266. © Scala Archive 193
35 Cimitile, church of San Felice. Photo Histantartsi Archive 194
36 Ambrogio Leone, Girolamo Mocetto, Nola Praesens. Detail showing the Arx (the castle) 194
37 Anonimous draftman, Pianta del Piano di Proprietà militare denominato Fosso Grande o Torre di Nola, 1816. Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, Manoscritti e Rari, b.5.C.95. Pencil, ink, wash on paper 195
38 Vincenzo Franceschini, View of the castle of Nola. Oil on canvas (cm 25 × 39). Naples Museo Nazionale di San Martino 195
39 Pietro Paolo Muscarello, Algorismus, f. 74 recto. Illumination showing the problem relating the construction of houses and palaces. Pencil, ink, wash on parchment 196
40 Pietro Paolo Muscarello, Algorismus, f. 58 verso. Illumination showing the problem relating the construction of houses and palaces. Pencil, ink, wash on parchment 197
41 Nola, Mastrilli palace. 15th–18th century. Photo Histantartsi Archive 198
42 Nola, Ceva Grimaldi palace in Via Santa Chiara. 15th century. Photo Histantartsi Archive 199
43 Nola, Ceva Grimaldi palace in Via Santa Chiara. 15th century. Photo Histantartsi Archive 199
44 Aversa, palace in Piazza San Domenico, 17th–18th centuries. Photo Histantartsi Archive 200
45 Carinola, Petrucci palace. 15th century. Photo Histantartsi Archive 200
46 Aversa, Azzolini palace, 14th–18th centuries. Photo Histantartsi Archive 201
47 Aversa, palace in Via Monserrato, 15th century. Photo Histantartsi Archive 201
48 Fra Giocondo, Plan of the Roman domus. From Vitruvius (ed. Giocondo) 1511, f. 64 verso 202
49 Reconstruction plan of the domus nolana. Ground floor (elaboration Bianca de Divitiis) 202
50 Reconstruction plan of the domus nolana. First floor (elaboration Bianca de Divitiis) 203
51 Reconstruction plan of the domus nolana. Third floor (elaboration Bianca de Divitiis) 203
52 Francesco Laurana, Bust of Beatrice d’Aragona, c. 1475. Marble. 40.6 × 40.3 × 20.3 cm. New York, Frick Collection, Bequest of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1961. Accession number: 1961.2.86. © Frick Collection 204
53 Francesco Laurana, Bust of a Lady. c. 1484–96. Marble, H.: 0,44 m.; L.: 0,44 m.; Pr.: 0,24 m. Paris, Louvre. © Scala Archive 205
54 Francesco Laurana (with the collaboration of Tommaso Malvito), St. Martha and the Magdalene. Marble, Marseille, Saint Lazare Chapel. © Bibliotheca Hertziana 206
55 Francesco Laurana (with the collaboration of Tommaso Malvito), St. Martha and the Magdalene. Marseille, Saint Lazare Chapel. Marble. © Bibliotheca Hertziana 206
56 Francesco Laurana (with the collaboration of Tommaso Malvito), Tabernacle. Marseille, Saint Lazare Chapel, marble. © Bibliotheca Hertziana 207
57 Gian Cristoforo Romano, Beatrice d’Este. H.: 0,59 m Paris, Louvre, M.L. 10. © Wiki Commons 207
58 Reconstruction of Caradosso’s inkwell from Brown, Hickson 1997 208
59 Caradosso, Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths, bronze (cm 4,8 × 4,9), Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, INV. 1957.14.220. © National Gallery of Art 209
60 Caradosso, Rape of Ganymede. 8.5 × 8.4 cm Washington, National Gallery of Art), Samuel H. Kress Collection, inv. 1957.14.219. © National Gallery of Art 209
61 Caradosso, Hercules and Cacus. Late 15th century–early 16th century. Bronze. Overall dimension (rectangle w/ arched top) 6.1 × 3.7 cm. Washington, National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.228. © National Gallery of Art 210
62 Medaglia di Nicola Orsini di Pitigliano, Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, mm 42,5, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.789.a 211
63 Jacopo de’ Barbari, Venetie MD, woodcut, 1500. Detail of the area of Rialto with the old wooden bridge, the 12th century Fondaco dei Tedeschi (fontico dalamanj) and the medieval church of St. Bartolomeo (s. / bortolo/mio) 211
64 Antonio Minello, Monument of Niccolò Orsini. Venice, Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo. © Scala Archive 212
65 Brescia, Museo di Santa Giulia. Monument of Niccolò Orsini. © Archivio fotografico Civici Musei d’Arte e Storia di Brescia—Fotostudio Rapuzzi 213
66 Fiano Romano, Church of Santo Stefano, Monument of Niccolò Orsini. © Bibliotheca Hertziana 213
67 Venice, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Stained glass window (lower part). Girolamo Mocetto. © Scala 214
68 Venice, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Stained glass window. Signature of Girolamo Mocetto. Photo Fulvio Lenzo 214
69 Arms of the families in Nola. Families Albertini, Alfano, Barone, and Cesarini. Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, ms. X.A.42 f. 91r 215
70 Arms of the families in Nola. Families Fellecchia, Iodice, Fontanagrossa, Girardo, Monforte, Frezza, Mastrilli, Gioseppo, Notare, Palma, Mazzeo, Ferraro, Cannido, Mauro, Piergioanni, Peraro, and Rega. Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, ms. X.A.42 f. 92r 216
71 Arms of the families in Nola. Families Sussulano, Tansillo, Ostuni, Bisantizzo, Carduccio, Benedicto, Cimino, Bovio, Larcario, Bagniarda, Scalone, Petrarola, Pitriello, and Zaccaria. Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, ms. X.A.42 f. 93r 217