Lorenzo fuori le Mura

Name of structure: Lorenzo fuori le Mura
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, 6C, 13C.
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 13 AD
Specific place of mosaic: East basilica: east facade of triumphal arch.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Triumphal arch: Christ, saints, pope, inscription, scene of the faithful (sheep) leaving Bethlehem and Jerusalem, geometrical patterns.
Date of mosaic: 6C
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 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:

1855-65: team led by De Rossi
1947-49: Frankl, Josi, Krautheimer
1946-50: team led by A. Terenzio
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Anselmi, E., Bianchetti, P., Bonelli, M., Capponi, G., Ciabattoni, R., D’Angelo, C., Gorini, M.A., Massa, V., Rubino, A., Santopadre, P. & Tagliacozzi, S., 'Il Mosaico pelagiano di San Lorenzo fuori le mura. Studio degli strati e dei materiali preparatori', in Atti del convegno di studi I mosaici-cultura, tecnologia, conservazione (Bressanone 2-5 luglio 2002), ed by Biscontin, G. & Driussi, G. (Venice: Edizioni Arcadia Ricerche, 2002), 185-94.


Belting-Ihm, C., 'Zum verhältnis von Bildprogrammen und tituli in der Apsisdekoration früher westlicher Kirchenbauten', in Testo e immagine nell’alto medioevo: atti della XLI settimana di studi del Centro di Studi sull’Alto Medioevo, (Spoleto 15-21 Aprile 1993), Vol. 2 (Spoleto, 1994), 839-84.


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. 2.
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