Ragogna: MRA-ITA-Rag008
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-ITA-Rag008
Sample Material Type
- Mural painting
Sample Sub-type
- micro-fragment
Other info about sample identity
- Parete di sinistra - rosso [hand-written note]
Geographic Location
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Ragogna
Site/monument
- Italy (ITA)
Ragogna
Chiesa di San Lorenzo di Villuzza
Historical note about the site/monument
- The church of San Lorenzo as it stands today is the product of rebuilding following an earthquake in 1976. It is a modest rectangular structure with a gabled façade and a bell tower. It is notable for its 11th century fresco cycle depicting the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt. They were extracted from the ruins of the original church using the stacco a massello technique, which involves removal of both the fresco itself and the supporting masonry.
Further reading:
Lopreato, P. (1977). Lo scavo nella chiesa di San Lorenzo di Villuzza presso Ragogna. Aquileia Nostra 48, 273-288.
Barclay, Jones (ed.) (1986). Protecting Historic Architecture and Museum Collections from Natural Disasters (1st edition). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd. Ebook ISBN: 9781483278278.
Cozzi, E. (2015). Attorno all’anno Mille: Le pitture murali di Villuzza in AFAT 34, p.19-32. DOI: 10.13137/2499-6750/12586.
Chronological period (sample)
- 11th century
Other info about sample provenance
- Friuli 1977, Campioni di pigmenti dalla pittura murale altomedievale della chiesa distrutta di San Lorenzo, Ragogna, Frazione [hand-written note]
Sample taken by
- _
Date of sampling
- Unknown
- Yes
- Year/Decade/Century
- 1977
Related samples
- MRA-ITA-Rag001 to MRA-ITA-Rag008
Support
- Material description
- Below visual resolution
Finishing Layers
- Finishing layers material type
- paint layers
- Colour
- red
- Material description
- Below visual resolution ; Parete di sinistra rosso [ hand written note]