De rebus antiquis memorabilibus Basilicae S. Petri Romae
| Name of text: | De rebus antiquis memorabilibus Basilicae S. Petri Romae |
| Author of text: | Maffeo Vegio/Mapheus Vegius |
| Date of text: | 15th century |
| Date of person in text: | 1406-58 |
| Name of structure in text: | Old St. Peter's, Oratory of the Virgin |
| Type of structure in text: | chapel |
| Date of structure in text | constructed by Pope Gregory III 731-741 |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 8 AD |
| Country in text: | Italy |
| Region in text: | Lazio |
| City in text: | Rome |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Arch |
| Description of mosaic in text: | noble mosaic |
| Mosaic date in text: | 8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | Yes |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | Vegio, Maffeo, De rebus antiquis memorabilibus Basilicae S. Petri Romae, in the Acta Sanctorum for June, t. vii, p. 83, quoted in Eugene Muntz, ‘The Lost Mosaics of Rome IV to IX Century’, The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, 2.3 (1886), 295-313, see p. 299 |
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