Title Old Saint Peter's, Rome / edited by Rosamond Mckitterick, John Osborne, Carol M. Richardson and Joanna Story

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (524 pages) Series British School at Rome Studies British School at Rome studies. Contents Figures; Plates; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Tu es Petrus; Old Saint Peter's- new histories; A note about the use of English/Italian names for churches and basilicas; A note about plans used in this volume; 1 Saint Peter's and the city of Rome between Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages; 2 From Constantine to Constans; Introduction; The evidential basis for the chronology of construction; Historical evidence; Epigraphic evidence; The gold cross; The triumphal arch inscription; The two apse inscriptions; The apse brick stamps Archaeological evidenceThe triumphal arch; The apse and west wall; The transept exedrae; Archaeological summary; Interpretation of the chronology of construction; The building in its context; 3 Spolia in the fourth-century basilica; 4 The Early Christian baptistery of Saint Peter's; 5 The representation of Old Saint Peter's basilica in the Liber Pontificalis; Presentation of the uses of Saint Peter's basilica in the Liber Pontificalis; Papal consecrations; The development of Saint Peter's as a papal necropolis; Imperial models; Conclusion; 6 The mausoleum of Honorius The mausoleum of Honorius in the sourcesFifth-century imperial interest in the city of Rome; Political context: child-emperor regimes of the late Roman west; Saint Peter's and imperial and papal burials in the fifth century; Imperial-papal relations in fifth-century Rome; Conclusion; 7 Popes, emperors and clergy at Old Saint Peter's from the fourth to the eighth century; Conclusions; 8 The early liturgy of Saint Peter's and the Roman liturgical year; The basilicas and their monasteries; The monastic-basilican office at Saint Peter's; Two ways of organizing the liturgical year 9 Interactions between liturgy and politics in Old Saint Peter's, 670-74110 A reconstruction of the oratory of John VII (705-7); The oratory of John VII in Old Saint Peter's: architectural decoration and furnishings; The oratory of John VII in Old Saint Peter's: the mosaics; 11 Old Saint Peter's and the Iconoclastic Controversy; 12 The Veronica, the Vultus Christi and the veneration of icons in medieval Rome; 13 The Carolingians and the oratory of Saint Peter the Shepherd; A pilgrimage for Saint Peter and the Oratorium Pastoris; Carolingian gifts to Saint Peter the Shepherd; A votive crown An altar clothCarolingian visitors; 14 Plus Caesare Petrus; 15 The Legendary of Saint Peter's basilica; Introduction: the Legendary; The historical and liturgical contexts; Archivio di San Pietro A 3; Sanctoral; Conclusion; 16 The stucco crucifix of Saint Peter's reconsidered; 17 Saint Peter's in the fifteenth century; 18 Filarete's renovation of the Porta Argentea at Old Saint Peter's; 19 The altar of Saint Maurice and the invention of tradition in Saint Peter's; 20 Epilogue. A hybrid history:; Official papal documents; The narrative of additions by the courtiers of Julius II Summary First full study of the predecessor church of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction Notes Bramante's drawings Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-465) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano -- History SUBJECT Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano fast Subject Church architecture -- Vatican City Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Religious. Antiquities Buildings Church architecture Church history -- Middle Ages Kirchenbau Sint-Pieter (Rome) SUBJECT Vatican City -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007000175 Vatican City -- Buildings, structures, etc Subject Vatican City Alt Sankt Peter Rom Vaticaanstad. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author McKitterick, Rosamond, author, editor. Osborne, John, 1951- author, editor. Richardson, Carol M., 1969- author, editor. Story, Joanna, 1970- author, editor. ISBN 9781107724006 1107724007 9781107732124 1107732123 9781107300453 1107300452 9781107041646 1107041643 9781306376464 1306376467 9781107728615 1107728614 1107720966 9781107720961 1139893386 9781139893381 1107728010 9781107728011 1107730376 9781107730373

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