Sketch
Name of text: | Sketch |
Author of text: | Giacomo Grimaldi |
Date of text: | 17th century |
Date of person in text: | lived early 17th century |
Name of structure in text: | Lupercal Chapel, Monastery of S. Euphemia in Panisperna |
Type of structure in text: | Sanctuary |
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Country in text: | Italy |
Region in text: | Lazio |
City in text: | Rome |
Specific place of mosaic in text: | Almost the entire sanctuary |
Description of mosaic in text: | Pilasters - vine scrolls springing from vase Triumphal arch - vine scroll Inner faces of arch jambs - figures of luperci Soffit of arch - disc with mosaic figure of Mars Back wall - wolf with Romulus and Remus |
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Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | |
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Bibliography: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 185-6 (who reproduces the sketch) |
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