Crisogono

Name of structure: Crisogono
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Rome
Date of structure: 5C, 1129, 17C
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 17 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Apse panel
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Virgin enthroned with Christ child, St James, St Chrysogono.

Date of mosaic: 12C. Transferred to the church between 1588-1662 (Mesnard, 1935).
Century of mosaic 1: 12 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 12 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: 1906
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Mesnard, M., La Basilique de Saint Chrysogono à Rome (Studi di antichita cristiana, IX) (Rome, 1935).


Krautheimer, R., Corbett, S., Frankl, S. & Frazer, A. K., Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae (Monumenti di antichità cristiana pubblicati dal Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana) (Vatican City, New York, 1937-80), 6 Vols., vol. 1.

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Comments: The panel was attributed to Pietro Cavallini, but the consensus is now that its from the workshop of Cavallini. For details of who has argued what see P. Hetherington, Pietro Cavallini. A Study in the Art of Late Medieval Rome (London: Sagittarius Press, 1979), 158.

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