Oratory of Pope John VII

Name of structure: Oratory of Pope John VII
Extended name of structure: Old St. Peter's
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: 8C, 12C
Century of structure 1: 8 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Panel from the Oratory of John VII in Old St Peter

Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Panel: Adoration of Magi

Date of mosaic: Panel: 705-07

Century of mosaic 1: 8 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
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? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: 1892-99: team led by G. B. Giovenale
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

van Dijk, A., ‘The afterlife of an early medieval chapel: Giovanni Battista Ricci and perceptions of the Christian past in post-Tridentine Rome’, Renaissance Studies 19/5 (2005), 686-98 (For the Oratory of John VII).


Andaloro, M., 'I mosaici dell'Oratorio di Giovanni VII', in Fragmenta picta: affreschi e mosaici staccati del Medioevo romano (Roma, Castel Sant'Angelo, 15 dicembre 1989-18 febbraio 1990), ed by M. Andaloro et al. (Rome: Àrgos, 1989), 169-79.


Nordhagen, J. P., '’The mosaics of John VII (705-707). The mosaic fragments and their technique', Acta ad archeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia 2 (1965), 121-66.


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. 2.

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Comments: This panel can now be found in the gift shop of S. Maria in Cosmedin.

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