Costanza
| Name of structure: | Costanza |
| Extended name of structure: | Mausoleum of Constantina |
| Type of structure: | Mausoleum/Baptistery |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
| City or area within region: | Rome |
| Date of structure: | Mid 4C, heavily restored 1620. |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 17 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Ambulatory vaults; side niches. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Vaults: 8 panels with geometrical patterns, flora, fauna, vines, putti, two female busts Niches: Tradition Clavium and Traditio Legis, remains of stars. |
| Date of mosaic: | 4C (niches possibly 5C or 7C) |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| 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)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1938-39 1992: team led by D. Stanley |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | ïJohnson, M. J., The Roman Imperial Mausoleum in Late Antiquity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009). Rasch, J. J. & Arbeiter, A., Das Mausoleum dea Constantina in Rom (Mainz, 2007). Bisconti, F., ‘Le absidole del mausoleo di S. Costanza a Roma. Storia del restauri e nuove riflessioni iconografiche’, in La mosaïque gréco-romaine, IX, ed by H. Morlier I, (Rome, 2005), 67-78. Palazzo, P. 'Le scoperte intorno a Santa Costanza' in La basilica constantiniana di Sant'Agnese, lavori archaeologici e di restauro, ed by M. Magnani Cianetti & C. Pavolini (Milan, 2004), 17-25. Mackie, G., Early Christian Chapels in the West (Toronto, Buffalo London: Toronto University Press, 2003). Stanley, D., 'New discoveries at Santa Costanza', DOP 48 (1994), 257-63. Stanley, D., 'An excavation at Santa Costanza', Arte Medievale 7 (1993), 103-12. Stanley, D., 'The apse mosaic at Santa Costanza. Observations on restorations and antique mosaics', Mitteilungen des deutschen archäeologischen Institut, Roemische Abteilung 94 (1987), 29-42. Amadio, A. A., 'I mosaici di S Costanza, disegni, incisioni e documenti dal XV al XIX secolo', Xenia Quaderni 7 (Rome, 1986) Stern, H., 'Les mosaïque de l'eglise de Sainte-Costance à Rome', DOP 12 (1958), 157-219. 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). |
| URLs: | |
| Comments: |