Crisogono
| Name of structure: | Crisogono |
| 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: | 5C, 1129, 17C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 17 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Apse panel |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Virgin enthroned with Christ child,聽St James,聽St Chrysogono. |
| Date of mosaic: | 12C. Transferred to the church between 1588-1662 (Mesnard, 1935). |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 12 AD |
| 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? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1906 |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Mesnard, M., La Basilique de Saint Chrysogono 脿 Rome (Studi di antichita cristiana, IX)聽(Rome, 1935). Krautheimer, R., Corbett, S., Frankl, S. & Frazer, A. K., Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae (Monumenti di antichit脿 cristiana pubblicati dal Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana) (Vatican City, New York, 1937-80),聽6 Vols., vol. 1. |
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| Comments: | The panel was attributed to聽Pietro Cavallini, but the consensus is now that its from the workshop of Cavallini. For details of who has argued what see P. Hetherington, Pietro Cavallini. A Study in the Art of Late Medieval Rome (London: Sagittarius Press, 1979), 158. |