| Name of text: |
De Ecclesius, Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis, ch. 60 |
| Author of text: |
Agnellus of Ravenna |
| Date of text: |
831-846 |
| Date of person in text: |
b. 794-804, d. after 846 |
| Name of structure in text: |
S. Vitale |
| Type of structure in text: |
church |
| Date of structure in text |
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| Century of structure 1: |
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| Century of structure 2: |
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| Country in text: |
Italy |
| Region in text: |
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| City in text: |
Ravenna |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: |
atrium at the front of the church (the narthex) |
| Description of mosaic in text: |
And in the atrium at the front of this hall [S. Vitale] he ordered metrical verses to be written with silver tesserae containing the following[…]. |
| Mosaic date in text: |
6 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? |
Yes |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? |
No |
| Colour descriptions in text: |
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| Bibliography: |
For translation see Agnellus of Ravenna, The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna, trans. by Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004), p. 176 |
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