Vittore in Ciel d'Oro
| Name of structure: | Vittore in Ciel d'Oro |
| Extended name of structure: | Chapel in Sant'Ambrogio |
| Type of structure: | Chapel |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Lombardia |
| City or area within region: | Milan |
| Date of structure: | 379-86, 5C |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 5 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Dome; ceiling below dome; walls. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Dome: Christ. |
| Date of mosaic: | 5C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 5 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1930s: team led by F. Reggioro |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Mackie, G., Early Christian Chapels in the West (Toronto, Buffalo London: Toronto University Press, 2003) Analysis of main apse in church: Fiori, C., Vandini, M., Ercolani, C., & Mangazzini, 'I vetri del mosaico absidale di S. Ambrogio a Milano', Rivista della Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro, Murano 1 (1999), 21-9. Andreescu-Treadgold, I., 'Moro, Salviati and the mosaics of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan', Studi Veneziani 33 (1997), 197-230. Surace, A., ‘La Cappella di S. Vittore in Ciel d’Oro a Milano nella Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio. Storia di un restauro’, in Mosaici a S.Vitale e altri restauri.Il restauro in situ di mosaici parietali, ed by A. M. Iannucci, C. Fiori & C. Muscolino (Ravenna: Longo Editore, 1992), 147-52 (see this for further bibliography on the restoration). Alessandrini, G., Bonecchi, R., Bugini, R., Ferrari da Passano, C., Galletti, G. & Peruzzi, R., 'Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio in Milano: tecniche costruttive della cupola del sacello di San Vittore in ciel d’oro', in Atti del convegno di studi L’intonaco: storia, cultura e tecnologia (Bressanone, 24-27 giugnio 1985), ed by G. Biscontin (Padova: Libreria progetto editore), 291-309.
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