Le Sagre Memorie di Ravenna Antica

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Le Sagre Memorie di Ravenna Antica

Author of text: Girolamo Fabri
Date of text: 1664
Date of person in text: 1627-1679
Name of structure in text: S. John the Evangelist/S Giovanni Evangelista
Type of structure in text: Church
Date of structure in text 5th century
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
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Country in text: Italy
Region in text: Emelia Romagna
City in text: Ravenna
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Description of mosaic in text: Author describes an historical account of the mosaics showing the legend of Galla Placidia and the storm at sea.
Mosaic date in text: 6 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text?
Tesserae gold mentioned in text?
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Bibliography:

Girolamo Fabri, Le Sagre Memorie di Ravenna Antica (Venice: 1664), p. 204

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Comments: By this time the mosaics were no longer extant, as all had been destroyed in 1568 by Abbot Aldrovandi.

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