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 / Christine Smith, Harvard University; Joseph F. O'Connor, Catholic University of America.

Main entry:

Smith, Christine (Christine Hunnikin), author.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
©2019

Description:

xvi, 307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and index.
Part I. The canon and the basilica. Introduction -- Maffeo Vegio : biography and historical context -- The text : structure and meaning -- A humanist looks at a medieval marvel -- Conclusion. Part II. The text : note on the Latin text and translation. Maffeo Vegio of Lodi : "Remembering the Ancient History of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome." Part III. The image. The Reconstruction of St. Peter's circa 1450 -- g Appendix : The Stefaneschi altarpiece, the canons' choir and altar, and the oratory of Sta. Maria in Cancellis.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781108496858 hardcover
1108496857 hardcover
electronic book
9781108750899
9781108722018
1108722016

Subject:

Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458. De rebus antiquis memorabilibus basilicae S. Petri Romae.
Vegius, Mapheus 1407-1458
Vegius, Mapheus 1406-1458 De rebus memorabilibus basilicae Sancti Petri Romae
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano History.
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
Church architecture Vatican City History.
Church decoration and ornament Vatican City History.
Lost architecture Vatican City.
Architecture chrétienne Vatican Histoire.
Églises Décoration et ornement Vatican Histoire.
Monuments disparus Vatican.
ART / General.
Antiquities
Buildings
Church architecture
Church decoration and ornament
Lost architecture
Geschichtsschreibung
Verlorene Architektur
Vatican City Antiquities.
Vatican City Buildings, structures, etc.
Vatican City
Alt Sankt Peter

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

O'Connor, Joseph F., 1943- author.
Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458. De rebus antiquis memorabilibus basilicae S. Petri Romae. English.

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Location: Library main 316940
Call No.: 316940
Status: Available

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