Chapel of S. Aquilino
| Name of structure: | Chapel of S. Aquilino |
| Extended name of structure: | In S. Lorenzo Maggiore |
| Type of structure: | Chapel |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Lombardy |
| City or area within region: | Milan |
| Date of structure: | Late 4C |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 4 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Atrium; rotunda |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Atrium (traces on east, north and west walls): Lower register remains of Church Fathers and a scene of Tamar and Judah; upper register: remains of 12 Apostles; saints. Rotunda: South east conch: Ascension of Elijah; south west conch: Christ and 12 Apostles. Traces in other conches. |
| Date of mosaic: | 5C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 5 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: | 1705, 1910-11, 1935-38, 1980-8 |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Johnson, M. J., The Roman Imperial Mausoleum in Late Antiquity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009). Mackie, G., Early Christian Chapels in the West (Toronto, Buffalo London: Toronto University Press, 2003). David, M., ‘I mosaici parietali tardoantichi di Milano. Novità, revisioni, problemi’, in VI Coloquio internacional sobre mosaico antiguo (Palencia-Mérida, Octubre 1990), ed by C. M. Batalla, (Guadalajara, 1994), 115-21 Nordhagen, P. P., 'The mosaics of the Cappella di S. Aquilino in Milan: evidence of restoration', in Studies in Byzantine and Early Medieval Painting, ed by P. Nordhagen (London: Pindar, 1990), 28-45. Bertelli, C., ‘Mosaici a Sant’aquilino’, in La Basilica di San Lorenzo a Milano, ed by G. A. Dell’Acqua (Milan, 1985), 144-69. Lewis, S., 'San Lorenzo revisited: a Theodosian palace church at Milan', The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 32/3(1973), 197-222. |
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