Liber Pontificalis, in vita Paschalis
Name of text: | Liber Pontificalis, in vita Paschalis |
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Date of person in text: | Pascal I, 817-824 |
Name of structure in text: | S. Prassade, here called S. Praxedes |
Type of structure in text: | Church |
Date of structure in text | 5th, 822 |
Century of structure 1: | 5 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: | Apse, arch |
Description of mosaic in text: | He fittingly decorated this church’s apse adorned with mosaic work in different colours. Likewise he embellished the triumphal arch with the same minerals, carrying it out in a marvellous fashion. |
Mosaic date in text: | 9 AD |
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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Bibliography: | Liber Pontificalis, in vita Paschalis, 8,ed. Duchesne, trans. by Raymond Davis, The Lives of the Ninth Century Popes (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1995), pp. 9-10 |
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