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San Lorenzo in Lucina. The transformations of a Roman quarter

By Olof Brandt (ed.)

This volume presents the results of research carried out by the Swedish Institute in Rome in the Roman church of San Lorenzo in Lucina. This research involved the Roman phases of the site and the surrounding quarter. The research began with the 1993–1998 excavation of the baptistery of the Early Christian church, and continued in 2000 with a project which also included other parts, aspects and periods of the site. The papers in this volume shed new light on the Late Roman and post-Antique development of an area which is between Augustan monuments such as the Ara Pacis, the Mausoleum of Augustus, the obelisk and its meridian. The papers include studies on the early 3rd century insula beneath the church, the baptistery and the Early Christian basilica, as well a survey of hagiographic legends, medieval wall-paintings, and other finds such as inscriptions and graffiti, pottery, glass, marble, bones and spolia. Reports on the conservation on fragments of Roman wall-paintings and marble fragments are also included.

Contents

Barbro Santillo Frizell | Preface
Olof Brandt | Introduction

The excavations

Maria Iride Pasquali | La chiesa di S. Lorenzo in Lucina nel Campo Marzio Settentrionale: scavo archeologico del 1985 e brevi considerazioni sulla topografia antica della zona
Olof Brandt | The excavations in the baptistery of San Lorenzo in Lucina in 1993, 1995 and 1998.

The Roman and Late Antique period: History, buildings and topography

Henrik Boman | The remains of a third century insula beneath the basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Olof Brandt | The Early Christian basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Hedvig von Ehrenheim | The titulus Lucinae and St. Lucina

The Medieval and later phases

Anne Karahan | A lost medieval apse decoration and fragments of mural painting in San Lorenzo in Lucina
Börje Magnusson | The cardinal’s palace at San Lorenzo in Lucina

Finds

Anna Blennow with contributions by Olof Brandt | Inscriptions and graffiti in San Lorenzo in Lucina
Stephan T.A.M. Mols | Ancient Roman decoration of floors, walls and ceilings found under San Lorenzo in Lucina
Leif Erik Vaag, Kristian Göransson, Christina Helander & Masa Dizdar | The pottery finds
Dominic Ingemark | The glass from San Lorenzo in Lucina
Christina Helander | Marble and other stone fragments
Alice M. Choyke | Bone workshop from the area of the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Christina Helander | The spolia in the apse of San Lorenzo in Lucina

Conservation

Agneta Freccero | San Lorenzo in Lucina. Conservation of marble fragments in the portico: March 1–31, 2000
Agneta Freccero | Fragments of Roman wall-paintings in San Lorenzo in Lucina
Maria Franzon | A technical investigation of the mosaic fragments in the portico of San Lorenzo in Lucina

Bibliographical information

Olof Brandt (ed.), San Lorenzo in Lucina. The transformations of a Roman quarter (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Rom, 4°, 61), Stockholm 2012. ISSN: 0081-993X. ISBN: 978-91-7042-179-2. Hardcover: 385 pages.

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