De sacris aedificiis a Constantino magno constructis

Name of text: De sacris aedificiis a Constantino magno constructis
Author of text: Giovanni Giustino Ciampini
Date of text: 1693
Date of person in text: 1633-98
Name of structure in text: S. Petronilla, Oratory of S. Michael
Type of structure in text: chapel
Date of structure in text 4th and 13th century
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 13 AD
Country in text: Italy
Region in text: Lazio
City in text: Rome
Specific place of mosaic in text:
Description of mosaic in text: works were adorned in mosaic
Mosaic date in text: 4 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? No
Colour descriptions in text:
Bibliography:

Ciampini, G.G., De sacris aedificiis a Constantino magno constructis (Rome, 1693), p. 93, quoted in Eugene Muntz, ‘The Lost Mosaics of Rome IV to IX Century’, The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, 2.3 (1886), 295-313, see p. 298

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Comments: These mosaics adorned the altar of S. Michael, situated in the  portico before the church of S. Petronilla

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