Nereo ed Achilleo
| Name of structure: | Nereo ed Achilleo |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| 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: | 524, 800, 15C, 1597 |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 16 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Triumphal arch |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Scene of the Transfiguration, saints, Virgin and Christ child, Scene of the Annunciation. NB Very heavily restored. |
| Date of mosaic: | 9C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 9 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 9 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Colour tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | No |
| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1987: team from Soprintendenza per i Beni Ambientali e Architettonici del Lazio led by Ro Pizzinelli. |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Antellini, S., ’Il restauro del mosaico dell’arco absidale nella chiesa dei SS. Nereo ed Achilleo a Roma’, in Mosaici a S.Vitale e altri restauri. Il restauro in situ di mosaici parietali, ed by A. M. Iannucci, C. Fiori & C. Muscolino (Ravenna: Longo Editore, 1992), 191-6. Banchini, R., 'La basilica carolingia dei SS. Nereo ed Achilleo e il restauro di Sisto IV', Quaderni di Storia dell'architettura (1990). Krautheimer, R., Corbett, S., Frankl, S. & Frazer, A. K., Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae (Monumenti di antichità cristiana pubblicati dal Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana). 6 Vols. (Vatican City, New York, 1937-80). |
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| Comments: | Very heavily restored |