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 |
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Name of structure in text: | Lateran, S. John Lateran |
Type of structure in text: | Church |
Date of structure in text | 4th, 10th, 14th, 17th, 19th |
Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 19 AD |
Country in text: | Italy |
Region in text: | Lazio |
City in text: | Rome |
Specific place of mosaic in text: | Tribune/apse, portico |
Description of mosaic in text: | Constantius III [421] and Galla Placidia [388-450] decorated the tribune/apse with mosaic. pp. 510-11 Sergius III [904-911] renovated the church after an earthquake, details of this in a mosaic inscription in the tribune. pp. 514-515 Nicholas IV [1288-92] restored tribune and decorated with mosaic, restored image of Christ to its originalĀ appearance at the time of S. Sylvester. p. 516 Porch adorned with figures of mosaic. p. 523 |
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Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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Bibliography: | Severano, Giovanni, Memorie Sacre delle Sette Chiese di Roma (Rome: Giocomo Mascadi, 1630), vol. 1, pp. 510-11, 514-5, 516, 523 |
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Comments: | Book available online |