San Vincenzo Al Volturno
Author: Richard Hodges
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Hodges
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Hodges
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780801434167
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Beginning in 1981, Richard Hodges supervised the excavation of the Benedictine monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno, one of the great centers of Dark Age Europe, situated in spectacular mountain country in central Italy. The existence of the monastery had long been known from a twelfth-century illuminated manuscript and the excavations threw vivid light on its epic history. This richly illustrated book tells of the discoveries made by Hodges's team, with the Samnite and Roman origins of the site charted in detail, and the magnificence of the monastery's early medieval period fully elaborated. Built around a modest eighth-century monastery, the ninth-century monastic city was grandiose, remarkable for its architecture and the wealth of its artistic culture. Hodges documents the excavations of the great ninth-century abbey church of San Vincenzo Maggiore, part of the cloisters, the distinguished guests? palace, the workshops, cemeteries, and many smaller buildings. San Vincenzo, with its rich decor and opulent material culture, is revealed as a model Carolingian monastery, a unique monument to the Carolingian Renaissance in Europe. Light in the Dark Ages traces the history of San Vincenzo from the monastery's spectacular rise as a result of Charlemagne's patronage to its cataclysmic sack by Arab marauders in 881, demonstrating the relation between the treasures unearthed and their political context.
Author: Richard Hodges
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780904152241
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Hodges
Publisher: Centro Italiano Di Studi
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This third volume in the series publishes the specialist finds reports on artefacts recovered from the 1980-86 excavations in the vicinity of the 12th century abbey. Each section is devoted to a different artefact type and a catalogue of every item found is preceded by an introduction: Roman inscriptions (John Patterson); Late Antique and early medieval carved inscriptions (John Mitchell); early medieval tiles and modillions (John Mitchell); personal names from inscriptions (N F Onesti); Roman and early medieval sculpture (John Mitchell & Amanda Claridge); window glass (F Dell'Acqua & D James); vessel glass (J Stevenson); early medieval enamel (John Mitchell); painted plaster (H Howard); pottery (H Patterson); soapstone (H Patterson); silver and copper alloy (P Filippucci & J Mitchell); iron (S Tremlett & C M Coutts); lead (C M Coutts); money (A Rovelli); sword-belt mounts (John Mitchell); sword-guard of Nephrite (John Michell); ivory and bone (C M Coutts, R Hodges, J Mitchell & I Riddler); worked stone (K Francis); bird bones (S Sutherland); molluscs (C O Hunt); the people of San Vincenzo (V Higgins); the Codex Beneventanus