Pudenziana

Name of structure: Pudenziana
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: 4C, 5C, 16C
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 16 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Apse
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Christ entroned in city scape with Apostles, cross, Evangelist symbols.
Date of mosaic: 4C
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 4 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? Yes
Samples taken from where? 4C, 1894 (restoration of apse), 1960
Excavation and restoration campaigns: 1829-1832: by Camuccini
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Tiberia, V. (ed.), Il mosaico di Santa Pudenziana a Roma: Il restauro (Todi: Ediart, 2003): -Poggi, D., 'Analisi microstratigrafiche e microchimiche delle malte di supporto e di allettamento del mosaico in Santa Pudenziana', 66-177.
-Verità, M., 'Analisi delle tessere musive', 178-99.


Bovini, G., 'I mosaici della chiesa di S. Pudenziana a Roma', Corso di cultura sull'arte ravennate e bizantina 18 (1971), 94-113


Matthiae, G., Mosaici medioevali delle chiese di Roma 2 (Roma 1967): 'Grafici dei restauri: S. Pudenziana', unnumbered page.


Matthiae, G., 'Il mosaico romano di Santa Pudenziana', Bolletino d'arte, 31 (1937), 422-3.


 

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