Oratory of Pope John VII
| Name of structure: | Oratory of Pope John VII |
| Extended name of structure: | Old St. Peter's |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
| City or area within region: | Rome |
| Date of structure: | 8C, 12C |
| Century of structure 1: | 8 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Panel from the Oratory of John VII in Old St Peter |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Panel: Adoration of Magi |
| Date of mosaic: | Panel: 705-07 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 8 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1892-99: team led by G. B. Giovenale |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | van Dijk, A., ‘The afterlife of an early medieval chapel: Giovanni Battista Ricci and perceptions of the Christian past in post-Tridentine Rome’, Renaissance Studies 19/5 (2005), 686-98 (For the Oratory of John VII). Andaloro, M., 'I mosaici dell'Oratorio di Giovanni VII', in Fragmenta picta: affreschi e mosaici staccati del Medioevo romano (Roma, Castel Sant'Angelo, 15 dicembre 1989-18 febbraio 1990), ed by M. Andaloro et al. (Rome: Àrgos, 1989), 169-79. Nordhagen, J. P., '’The mosaics of John VII (705-707). The mosaic fragments and their technique', Acta ad archeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia 2 (1965), 121-66. Krautheimer, R., Corbett, S., Frankl, S. & Frazer, A. K., Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae (Monumenti di antichità cristiana pubblicati dal Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana) (Vatican City, New York, 1937-80), 6 Vols., vol. 2. |
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| Comments: | This panel can now be found in the gift shop of S. Maria in Cosmedin. |