Vatican Secret Archives popes also survive, including John VIII (pope 872-882) and Gregory VII (pope 1073-1085). Documentation is scant before the 13th century. Since that time, notable documents include items such as Henry VIII of England's request for a marriage annulment, a handwritten transcript of the trial against Galileo for heresy, and letters from Michelangelo complaining he had not been paid for work on the Sistine Chapel. The Archives also support their own photographic and conservation studios. The entrance to the Archives, adjacent to the Vatican Library, is through the Porta di S. Anna in via di Porta Angelica (rione of Borgo). New
A Philosopher by Lamplight A Philosopher by Lamplight A Philosopher by lamplight (also known as A Hermit Studying Anatomy) is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby. It is not known when Wright painted the picture, but it was first exhibited in 1769 in London with the Society of Artists. This was one of the earliest of many lamplight or candlelight paintings and portraits for which Wright is famed. This picture was described in the catalogue of the 1801 sale as a companion to "The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus". Each has a main figure in the foreground with two subsidiary ones behind, both are night