Crisogono
| Name of structure: | Crisogono |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
| City or area within region: | Rome |
| Date of structure: | 5C, 1129, 17C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 17 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Apse panel |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Virgin enthroned with Christ child, St James, St Chrysogono. |
| Date of mosaic: | 12C. Transferred to the church between 1588-1662 (Mesnard, 1935). |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 12 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1906 |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Mesnard, M., La Basilique de Saint Chrysogono à Rome (Studi di antichita cristiana, IX) (Rome, 1935). Krautheimer, R., Corbett, S., Frankl, S. & Frazer, A. K., Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae (Monumenti di antichità cristiana pubblicati dal Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana) (Vatican City, New York, 1937-80), 6 Vols., vol. 1. |
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| Comments: | The panel was attributed to Pietro Cavallini, but the consensus is now that its from the workshop of Cavallini. For details of who has argued what see P. Hetherington, Pietro Cavallini. A Study in the Art of Late Medieval Rome (London: Sagittarius Press, 1979), 158. |