Eyewitness to Old St. Peter's: a study of Maffeo Vegio's "Remembering the ancient history of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome" : with translation and a digital reconstruction of the church

Old St Peter's Basilica in Rome stood for over eleven centuries until it was demolished to make room for today's church on the same Vatican site. Its last eyewitness, Maffeo Vegio, explained to the Roman hierarchy how revival of the papacy, whose prestige after the exile to Avignon had bee...

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Hauptverfasser: Smith, Christine ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn), O'Connor, Joseph F. 1943- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019
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Zusammenfassung:Old St Peter's Basilica in Rome stood for over eleven centuries until it was demolished to make room for today's church on the same Vatican site. Its last eyewitness, Maffeo Vegio, explained to the Roman hierarchy how revival of the papacy, whose prestige after the exile to Avignon had been diminished, was inseparable from a renewed awareness of the primacy of Peter's Church. To make his case, Vegio wrote a history founded on credible written and visual evidence. The text guides us through the building's true story in its material reality, undistorted by medieval guides. This was its living memory and a visualization of the continuity of Roman history into modern times. This volume makes available the first complete English translation of Vegio's text. Accompanied by full-color digital reconstructions of the Basilica as it appeared in Vegio's day
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The Canon and the Basilica. Maffeo Vegio : Biography and Historical Context -- The Text : Structure and Meaning -- A Humanist Looks at a Medieval Marvel -- Conclusion -- The Text. Note on the Text and Translation -- The Text : "Remembering the Ancient History of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome" -- The Image. The Reconstruction of St. Peter's ca. 1450 -- Appendix : The Stefaneschi Altarpiece, the Canons' Choir and Altar, and the Oratory of Sta. Maria in Cancellis
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 307 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781108654999
DOI:10.1017/9781108654999