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Rome, San Pietro in Montorio: MRA-ITA-Rom339

Type Sample Item

Sample ID

MRA-ITA-Rom339

Sample Material Type

Salt

Sample Sub-type

powder

Weight

weight value (g)
0.06
Notes
sample weight+ plastic holder

Other info about sample identity

2 [number on the plastic holder]; 0141.0145 [hand-written note]

Geographic Location

Country
Italy
Place
Rome

Site/monument

Italy (ITA)
Rome
San Pietro in Montorio
Tempietto del Bramante

Historical note about the site/monument

The Church of San Pietro in Montorio is situated high above Rome on the Janiculum hill. The extant construction was completed under the patronage of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, and stands on the grounds of an earlier 9th century church. It was consecrated in 1500. During the 16th and 17th centuries, several leading artists participated in the decoration of the church. Among the masters adding frescos to the church are Niccolò Circignani, Giorgio Vasari, and Giulio Mazzoni. Until the late 18th century, the church also housed Raphael’s Transfiguration. In addition to numerous important paintings, the church is home to Bramante’s Tempietto.

Sources:
Rowland, I. (2006). Bramante's Hetruscan Tempietto. Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, 51/52, 225-238. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25609495.

Wikipedia contributors. (2021, April 24). San Pietro in Montorio. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 16, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_Pietro_in_Montorio&oldid=1019580155.

Chronological period (sample)

16th century

Other info about sample provenance

Subterranean Chapel, sample from a stucco above cornice (ref.: above "ET GLORIAM")  [Report: Conservation study of Bramante's Tempietto, ICCROM Laboratory, Technical reports, 1995]

Sample taken by

Group seminar-ARC1995

Date of sampling

Unknown
Yes
Year/Decade/Century
1995

Other related archival documents

James Ashby, Michael Chambers, Harry Hautajarvi, Sheena Meagher, Vassilios Papageorgiou, 'Conservation study of Bramante's Tempietto'. ICCROM - ARC1995, Group Seminar .

Related samples

This sample is related to sample MRA-ITA-Rom338 and samples from MRA-ITA-Rom340 to MRA-ITA-Rom342

Other information about the sample

The samples were collected for material identification (section analytical research)

Other materials/notes

white salt efflorecence

Documents ( analytical research)

Description
Repport ICCROM Laboratory, Technical reports, 1995

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