Chapel of SS. Cyprian and Justina (or SS. Secunda and Rufina)

Name of structure: Chapel of SS. Cyprian and Justina (or SS. Secunda and Rufina)
Extended name of structure:

In the baptistery of S. Giovanni in Laterano

 

Type of structure: Baptistery
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Rome
Date of structure: 5C
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 5 AD
Specific place of mosaic: North apse
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Gold and green tendrils on blue background.

Date of mosaic: 5C
Century of mosaic 1: 5 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 5 AD
Silver tessera at site: No
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? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Mackie, G., Early Christian Chapels in the West (Toronto, Buffalo London: Toronto University Press, 2003).


Bovini, G., 'I mosaici romani dell' epoca di Sisto III (432-440). I. I mosaici di Santa Sabina, Dell' Atrio del Battistero Lateranense, e di San Pietro in Vincoli', Corsi di cultura sull' arte ravennate e bizantina 10 (1963), 62-80.


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

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