Memorie Sacre delle Sette Chiese di Roma
| Name of text: | Memorie Sacre delle Sette Chiese di Roma |
| Author of text: | Giovanni Severano |
| Date of text: | 1630 |
| Date of person in text: | |
| Name of structure in text: | Lateran, Oratory of the Holy Cross |
| Type of structure in text: | chapel |
| Date of structure in text | 4th, 10th, 14th century |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 14 AD |
| Country in text: | Italy |
| Region in text: | Lazio |
| City in text: | Rome |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Ceiling |
| Description of mosaic in text: | The ceiling was decorated with mosaic, with four Angels in the corners, who supported a cross. On the four windows that were there, you saw the images (likewise mosaic), of SS. Peter et Paul, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, James, Philip, Lawrence and Stephen. p. 499 Chapel restored and decorated with mosaic in 426 by Emperor Valentinian, p. 622 Cardinal Benedetto Cariagial renovated the mosaic in around 1493. p. 623 |
| Mosaic date in text: | 5 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
| Colour descriptions in text: | |
| Bibliography: | Severano, Giovanni, Memorie Sacre delle Sette Chiese di Roma (Rome: Giocomo Mascadi, 1630), vol.1, pp.. 499, 622, 623. |
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| Comments: | Book available online. |