Libro d’oltramare / A Voyage Beyond the Seas
| Name of text: | Libro d’oltramare / A Voyage Beyond the Seas |
| Author of text: | Niccolò of Poggibonsi |
| Date of text: | 1346-1350 |
| Date of person in text: | 14th century |
| Name of structure in text: | Room of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary |
| Type of structure in text: | Room |
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| Country in text: | Israel |
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| City in text: | Nazareth |
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| Description of mosaic in text: | Inside is a very beautiful church, exactly on the site of the house of our Lady, when the angel declared to her; but now the church is pulled down, save for the room of our Lady. This room is very small, and is done in mosaics; and the house leaned against a stone grotto. Within is the column which Mary held on to for fear when the angel gave her the message. |
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| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | [Fra] Niccolò of Poggibonsi, A Voyage Beyond the Seas (1346-1350), ch.127,trans by T. Bellorini and E Hoade (Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1945, repr. 1993), p. 64 |
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