Mary and Nicholas Church
| Name of structure: | Mary and Nicholas Church |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | United Kingdom |
| Region within country or main area: | Wiltshire |
| City or area within region: | Wilton, near Salisbury |
| Date of structure: | 1845 |
| Century of structure 1: | 19 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Cloister doorway and pulpit |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Inside material brought back from the 13th century Capocci Shrine which once stood in the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome was used around the cloister door and again on the huge pulpit. This material includes black marble columns and coloured panels known as Cosmati work. This was created by Peter Cavalini who also designed the tomb of Edward The Confessor at Westminster Abbey but the church guide claims the Abbey's work is inferior to Wilton's. The shrine had been dismantled by 1768 and was brought to Britain by Sir William Hamilton, husband of Nelson's Emma Hamilton and later presented to Horace Walpole. Sidney Herbert later bought it all for 47 guineas. |
| Date of mosaic: | 1256 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 13 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | |
| Gold tessera at site: | |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
| Has analysis been done? | |
| Samples taken from where? | |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Gardner, Julian, ‘The Capocci Tabernacle in Santa Maria Maggiore’, in Papers of the British School in Rome, 38 (1970), 220-30 |
| URLs: | https://www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/206877633/ |
| Comments: | See also entries for S, Maria Maggiore and Michele in Vico, Lazio. |