Clemente

Name of structure: Clemente
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: 4C, 12C
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 12 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Apse; triumphal arch.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Apse: Christ on cross, wine scrolls, sheep and Lamb of God.
Triumphal arch: Christ, Evangelists symbols, saints, Old Testament prophets, Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Date of mosaic: c. 1123
Century of mosaic 1: 12 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 12 AD
Silver tessera at site: Yes
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? Yes
Samples taken from where? Triumphal arch, apse semi-dome, and 1715 restored area (Brill, 1999; Verità, 2000).
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1715
1857-58: team led by F. Mullooly
1861-68
1994-95: L'Instituto Centrale del Restauro 
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Borsook, E., Superbi F. & Pagliarulo, G. (eds), Medieval Mosaics.: Light, Color, Materials, ed by (Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2000):
-Verità, M., 'Tecniche di fabbricazione dei materiali musivi vitrei attraverso indagini chimiche e mineralogiche', 47-64.
Basile, G. ', Il mosaico absidale di S. Clemente a Roma', 139-55.


Brill, R., Chemical Analysis of Early Glasses, 2 vols, (New York: Corning Museum of Glass, 1999), IX O, 2700-2771.


Nordhagen, P. J. & Hjort, O., Mosaico di San Clemente (Rome: Collegio S. Clemente, 1975).


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


Lanziani, R., Storia degli Scavi di Roma (Rome, 1902-12). 4 Vols, vol. 3.
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