Martino ai Monti

Name of structure: Martino ai Monti
Extended name of structure: San Silvestro ai Monti
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, 5C, 9C
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 9 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

Panel on south wall
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Robed figure dressed as bishop sometimes identified as St Sylvester.
Date of mosaic: 772-95 reference by Pope Hadrian to mosaics in basilica of St Sylvester
847-55 Leo IV commissions mosaics
Century of mosaic 1: 9 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Unknown
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? No
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Atti del convegno di studi I mosaici-cultura, tecnologia, conservazione (Bressanone, 2-5 luglio, 2002), ed by G. Biscontin & G. Driussi (Venice: Edizioni Arcadia Ricerche, 2002):
-Moioli, P., Pelosi, C., Pogliani, P. & Seccaroni, C., 'Il mosaico parietale negli ambienti sotterranei di San Martino ai Monti a Roma. Caratterizzazione dei materiali costitutivi e delle tecniche di esecuzione', 175-83.
-Andaloro, M., 'Il mosaico dl titulis di equizio si San Martoni ai Monti a Roma', 877-84.


Krautheimer, R., Corbett, S., Frankl, S. & Frazer, A. K., Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae (Monumenti di antichità cristiana pubblicati dal Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana). 6 Vols. (Vatican City, New York, 1937-80).
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