ON THE CITY

AND CHURCH OF GUBBIO.

DISSERTATION.

CHAPTER I.

A large decorative drop cap 'C' features intricate floral and acanthus leaf patterns.Gubbio Eugubium is a city of the Umbrians, famous among Caesar, Tully, Strabo, Ptolemy, Pliny, Silius Italicus, the itinerary table which is called the Peutingerian, the Anonymous Ravennas, and other ancient writers. It is situated at the roots of the Apennines, about 8 miles above the Flaminian Way. The people of Gubbio border the Perusians to the south, the Tifernatians to the west, the Callians to the north, the Sentinatians a) A town of a new name, Sassoferrato, has grown from ancient Sentinum. to the east, and the Tadinatians b) A small town called Gualdo by our people emerged from the remains of Tadinum, recently largely destroyed by earthquakes. and Nucerians to the winter sunrise. According to the most recent observations of those most illustrious men, Roger Joseph Boscovich and Christopher Maire, mathematicians of the Society of Jesus, the latitude of the city of Gubbio is 43 degrees, 21 minutes, and the longitude is 30 degrees, 4 minutes. Furthermore, those men, most distinguished by their knowledge, use, and practice of mathematical matters, observed for the definition of this longitude that the longitude of the city of Gubbio is six minutes greater than that which is of the Roman College, located in the center of the city of Rome. Now the longitude of the Roman College is 29 degrees, 58 minutes. Therefore, the longitude of the city of Gubbio is 30 degrees, 4 minutes, greater indeed by five minutes and somewhat more than had once been established by the illustrious prelate Francisco Blanchini, who had placed Rome and Gubbio under the same meridian. But those very famous men will explain the causes of this error and this whole matter...