Old Saint Peter's, Rome (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

St Peter's Basilica in Rome is arguably the most important church in Western Christendom, and is among the most significant buildings anywhere in the world. However, the church that is visible today is a youthful upstart, only four hundred years old compared to the twelve-hundred-year-old church whose site it occupies. A very small proportion of the original is now extant, entirely covered over by the new basilica, but enough survives to make reconstruction of the first St Peter's possible and much new evidence has been uncovered in the past thirty years. This is the first full study of the older church, from its late antique construction to Renaissance destruction, in its historical context. An international team of historians, art historians, archaeologists and liturgists explores aspects of the basilica's history, from its physical fabric to the activities that took place within its walls and its relationship with the city of Rome.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107720961
• Artikelnr.: 52943732

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. St Peter's and the city of Rome between Late Antiquity and
the early Middle Ages Paolo Liverani; 2. From Constantine to Constans: the
chronology of the construction of St Peter's Basilica Richard Gem; 3.
Spolia in the fourth-century basilica Lex Bosman; 4. The early Christian
Baptistery of St Peter's Olof Brandt; 5. The representation of Old St
Peter's Basilica in the Liber Pontificalis Rosamond McKitterick; 6. The
Mausoleum of Honorius: late Roman imperial Christianity and the city of
Rome in the fifth century Meaghan McEvoy; 7. Popes, emperors and clergy at
Old St Peter's from the fourth to the eighth century Alan Thacker; 8. The
Roman liturgical year and the early liturgy of St Peter's Peter Jeffery; 9.
Interactions between liturgy and politics in Old St Peter's, 670-741: John
the Archcantor, Sergius I and Gregory III Éamonn Ó Carragáin; 10. A
reconstruction of the Oratory of John VII (705-707) Antonella Ballardini
and Paola Pogliani; 11. Old St Peter's and the Iconoclastic Controversy
Charles McClendon; 12. The Veronica, the Vultus Christi, and the veneration
of icons in medieval Rome Ann van Dijk; 13. The Carolingians and the
Oratory of Saint Peter the Shepherd Joanna Story; 14. Plus Caesare Petrus:
the Vatican Obelisk and the approach to St Peter's John Osborne; 15. The
legendary of St Peter's Basilica: hagiographic traditions and innovations
in the late eleventh century Carmela Vircillo Franklin; 16. The stucco
crucifix of Saint Peter's reconsidered: textual sources and visual evidence
for the Renaissance copy of a medieval silver crucifix Katharina Christa
Schüppel; 17. St Peter's in the fifteenth century: Paul II, the archpriests
and the case for continuity Carol M. Richardson; 18. Filarete's renovation
of the Porta Argentea at Old St Peter's Robert Glass; 19. The altar of
Saint Maurice and the invention of tradition in Saint Peter's Catherine
Fletcher; Epilogue. A hybrid history: the antique basilica with a modern
dome Bram Kempers; Appendix. Letter of the Canons of St Peter's to Paul V
concerning the demolition of the old basilica, 1605 Carol M. Richardson and
Joanna Story.