Descriptio basilicae Vaticanae
Name of text: | Descriptio basilicae Vaticanae |
Author of text: | Petrus Mallius |
Date of text: | 12th century |
Date of person in text: | 12th century |
Name of structure in text: | Vatican, Oratory of SS. Processus and Martinianus |
Type of structure in text: | chapel |
Date of structure in text | constr. by Pope Pascal (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: | |
Description of mosaic in text: | Decorated with mosaics and different precious stones. |
Mosaic date in text: | 9 AD |
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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Bibliography: | Mallius, Petrus, Descriptio basilicae Vaticanae, ed. de Angelis, p. 54, 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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