De Sacrosancto Basilica, Baptisterio et Patriarchio Lateranensi

Name of text: De Sacrosancto Basilica, Baptisterio et Patriarchio Lateranensi
Author of text: Onofrio Panvinio
Date of text: 16th century
Date of person in text: 1529-1568
Name of structure in text: Lateran Baptistry, three oratories
Type of structure in text: chapel
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Country in text: Italy
Region in text: Lazio
City in text: Rome
Specific place of mosaic in text: Ceilings, vaults, walls
Description of mosaic in text:

Oratory of S. John the Baptist: Ceiling entirely covered by a very beautiful mosaic. 

Oratory of S. John the Evangelist: vaulted and covered with a beautiful mosaic.

Oratory of the Holy Cross: ceiling is vaulted and covered with a very elegant gold mosaic, showing four angels who carry the Holy Cross. Walls between the now bricked-up windows are covered with mosaics representing SS. Peter and Paul, John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, Lawrence and Stephen, James and Philip.
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Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? Yes
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Onuphrius Panvinius, De Sacrosancto Basilica, Baptisterio et Patriarchio Lateranensi, III, 7-9, ed. Philippe Lauer, Le Palais de Latran (Paris: Leroux, 1911), pp. 466-68, quoted in Caecilia Davis-Weyer, Early Medieval Art: 300-1150 (Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1986), pp. 35-37.
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