Cecilia in Trastevere

Name of structure: Cecilia in Trastevere
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:

9C, 16C, 1901
Century of structure 1: 9 AD
Century of structure 2: 20 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Apse; triumphal arch
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Apse: Christ on clouds, saints, popes, sheep, Lamb of God, scene of the faithful (sheep) leaving Jerusalem and Bethlehem, insription; triumphal arch: fragments.
Date of mosaic: 9C
Century of mosaic 1: 9 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 9 AD
Silver tessera at site: Yes
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? no
Has analysis been done? Yes
Samples taken from where? Apse (Verità & Santopadre, 2009)
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

19C: by Giovenale (?)
1897-1901: by Crostarosa, Giovenale, Jozzi (?). Authors of excavation/restoration publications. See Krautheimer for more details.


 
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Radeglia, D. (ed.), Restauri a Santa Cecilia. 25 anni di interventi dell’Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione e il restauro (Firenze: Edifir, 2009):
-Santopadre, P., Sidoti, G., Bianchetti, P., 'Studio delle malte originali e di rifacimento (del mosaico absidale)', 273-78. 
-Verità, M. & Santopadre, P., 'Studio delle tessere vitree (del mosaico absidale)', 279-83.


Verità, M., 'Tecniche di fabbricazione dei materiali musivi vitrei attraverso indagini chimiche e mineralogiche', in Medieval Mosaics.: Light, Color, Materials, ed by E. Borsook, F. Superbi & G. Pagliarulo (Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2000), 47-64.


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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