De Sessorianis reliquiis commentarius
| Name of text: | De Sessorianis reliquiis commentarius |
| Author of text: | De Correriis |
| Date of text: | 1830 |
| Date of person in text: | |
| Name of structure in text: | Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Rome, Chapel of S. Helena |
| Type of structure in text: | Chapel |
| Date of structure in text | 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 18th |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 18 AD |
| Country in text: | Italy |
| Region in text: | Lazio |
| City in text: | Rome |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Arch |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Because of the antiquity of the walls, or the indifference of the inhabitants, the arch of the chapel resident in [the church of the Holy Cross in] Jerusalem threatened to collapse, and a mosaic of images done in the time of of Valentinian, that was described on the front was completely destroyed. Bernadinus Carvajal restored arch itself, mosaic, and figures to once again similar to the original. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 4 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
| Colour descriptions in text: | |
| Bibliography: | De Correriis, De Sessorianis reliquiis commentarius (Rome: 1830), p. 84, 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, 6.1/2 (1890), 1-9, see p. 2 |
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| Comments: | Chapel dedicated in 325 in Helena’s palace. Later in 4th C became part of church. Restored in 8th century, 1144-5, again in 16th C, again in 1740-58. |