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,Tomb of Sixtus
Type of structure in text: tomb
Date of structure in text built by Pascal I (817-824)
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 9 AD
Country in text: Italy
Region in text: Lazio
City in text: Rome
Specific place of mosaic in text: On the arch
Description of mosaic in text: A wonderful mosaic
Mosaic date in text: 9 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? No
Colour descriptions in text:
Bibliography:

Vegio, Maffeo, De rebus antiquis memorabilibus Basilicae S. Petri Romae, in the Acta Sanctorum for June, t. vii, p. 81, 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. 303

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