Zeno

Name of structure: Zeno
Extended name of structure: In St. Prassede
Type of structure: Chapel
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Rome
Date of structure: 9C
Century of structure 1: 9 AD
Century of structure 2: 9 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Facade; dome; upper walls; niches; vaults.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Facade: busts of Christ, Virgin, saints, popes, inscription.
Dome: Christ, archangels.
Upper walls: Altar wall: Deesis; Lateral walls: saints; Entrance wall: Peter, Paul, empty throne.
Altar niche: Transfiguration; North niche: Virgin, saints, Lamb of God, deer, Anastasis; Right niche: Christ, saints.
Geometrical patterns throughout incl vaults.


 
Date of mosaic: 9C
Century of mosaic 1: 9 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 9 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: 1729
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Mackie, G., 'Abstract and vegetal design in the San Zeno Chapel, Rome: the ornamental setting of an early medieval funerary programme', Papers of the British School at Rome 63 (1995), 159-82.


Mackie, G., 'The Zeno Chapel: A Prayer for Salvation', Papers of the British School at Rome 57 (1989), 172-99. 


Asmussen, M. W., 'The hapel of S. Zeno in S. Prassede in Rome', Analecta Romana 15 (1986), 67-87.


Klass, M. P., The chapel of St. Zeno in St. Prassede in Rome (unpublished doctoral thesis, Bryn Mawr, 1972).


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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