Early Christian Chapels in the West : Decoration, Function, and Patronage.

Early Christian Chapels in the West : Decoration, Function, and Patronage.

Chapels were among the important types of buildings that evolved during the first four centuries of organised Christianity in the West. They were originally developed in connection with the cult of the saints, commemorating both their gravesites and their places of martyrdom. But the chapels rapidly...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Press 2003.
Subjects:
To 1500
Chapels > Italy.
Church decoration and ornament > Italy.
Architecture, Medieval > Italy.
Chapels > Italy > History > To 1500.
Mausoleums > Italy > History > To 1500.
Saints > Cult > Italy > History > To 1500.
HISTORY > Medieval.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
Church decoration and ornament
Architecture, Medieval
Chapels
Mausoleums
Saints > Cult
Heiligenverering.
Kapellen (bouwkunst)
Italy
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Origins, Semantics, and Functions of the Early Christian Chapel
  • Part One: The Context of the Chapels in Italy and Istria: History, Archaeology, and Topography
  • 1 Martyr Shrine to Funerary Chapel
  • 2 The Mausolea of the Imperial Family in the West
  • 3 The Domestic Oratory: A Mirage
  • 4 Chapels within the Confines of Churches: A Late Development
  • Part Two: The Survivors: Iconography and Meaning
  • 5 A Sole Survivor: The Chapel of the Archbishops of Ravenna
  • 6 Commemoration of the Dead: S Vittore in Ciel D'Oro, Milan, and the S Matrona Chapel at S Prisco
  • 7 Mausolea of the Rulers in the West
  • 8 Papal Chapels: The Chapels of Pope Hilarus at the Lateran Baptistery, Rome
  • 9 A Collective Funerary Martyrium: The S Venanzio Chapel, Rome
  • 10 The Chapel Revisited: A Synthesis
  • Appendix: A Short Catalogue of Chapels Mentioned in This Book
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Z
  • Illustrations.

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