The Basilica of Saint John Lateran to 1600

ISBN-13: 9781108839761 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 608 str.

L. Bosman (Universiteit van Amsterdam);I. P. Haynes (University of Newcastle up;P. Liverani (Universita degli Studi di F

Opis

The Archbasilica of St John Lateran is the world's earliest cathedral. A Constantinian foundation pre-dating St Peter's in the Vatican, it remains the seat of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, to this day. This volume brings together scholars of topography, archaeology, architecture, art history, geophysical survey and liturgy to illuminate this profoundly important building. It takes the story of the site from the early imperial period, when it was occupied by elite housing, through its use as a barracks for the emperor's horse guards to Constantine's revolutionary project and its development over 1300 years. Richly illustrated throughout, this innovative volume includes both broad historical analysis and accessible explanations of the cutting-edge technological approaches to the site that allow us to visualise its original appearance.

Recenzje

'… this undoubtedly is the book to read to better understand the multifarious and intertwined material and ideological facets assumed by the Lateran over the centuries.' Yuri A. Marano, Medieval Archaeology

Spis treści

1. The Lateran basilica to 1600 IAN HAYNES, PAOLO LIVERANI, LEX BOSMAN; 2. The evolution of the Lateran: from the Domus to the episcopal complex PAOLO LIVERANI; 3. At the Foot of the Lateran Hill. From Via Sannio to Viale Ipponio: Archaeological investigations prior to the construction of Metro Line C1 ROSSELLA REA AND NICOLETTA SAVIANE; 4. Ground Penetrating Radar survey in the St. John Lateran basilica complex SALVATORE PIRO, IAN HAYNES, PAOLO LIVERANI, DANIELA ZAMUNER; 5. The first residential phases of the Lateran area and a hypothesis to explain the so-called Trapezoidal Building GIANDOMENICO SPINOLA; 6. The Castra Nova and the Severan transformation of Rome IAN HAYNES AND PAOLO LIVERANI; 7. Andrea Busiri Vici and the excavations of 1876: A re-assessment of the archaeological evidence SABINA FRANCINI; 8. Visualising the Constantinian basilica LEX BOSMAN, PAOLO LIVERANI, IWAN PEVERETT AND IAN HAYNES; 9. Constantine's spolia. A set of columns for S. Giovanni in Laterano and the Arch of Constantine in Rome LEX BOSMAN; 10. The Constantinian basilica in the early medieval Liber Pontificalis ROSAMOND MCKITTERICK; 11. The Lateran baptistery in the fourth and fifth Centuries: New certainties and unresolved questions OLOF BRANDT; 12. The nymphaeum of Pope Hilarus PAOLO LIVERANI, IAN HAYNES; 13. Examples of medieval construction techniques in the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano LIA BARELLI; 14. The Medieval portico of St. John in Lateran ANNA MARIA DE STROBEL, NICOLETTA BERNACCHIO; 15. MATER ET CAPUT OMNIUM ECCLESIARUM: Visual strategies in the rivalry between S. Giovanni in Laterano and S. Pietro in Vaticano CAROLA JÄGGI; 16. The remodeling of S. Giovanni in Laterano by Pope Nicolas IV: transept, apse and façade PETER CORNELIUS CLAUSSEN; 17. Furtum sacrilegum: The 'holy heads' of Peter and Paul and their reliquaries in the Lateran DANIELA MONDINI; 18. Reconsidering the traces of Gentile da Fabriano and Pisanello in the Lateran basilica ANDREA DE MARCHI; 19. The rite of the reconciliation of penitents at the Lateran basilica  JOHN F. ROMANO; 20. The new Passion relics at the Lateran, fifteenth to sixteenth centuries: A translocated sacred topography NADJA HORSCH; 21. The east façade of the complex of St John Lateran in the modern era ALESSANDRO IPPOLITI; 22. The Book of Acts in the Constantinian basilica: Cardinal Cesare Baronio and the navata Clementina in San Giovanni in Laterano  FILIP MALESEVIC.