Eyewitness to Old St Peter's
Subtitle: A Study of Maffeo Vegio's 'Remembering the Ancient History of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome,' with Translation and a Digital Reconstruction of the Church
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781108496858
Subjects: Church architecture, europe; Church decoration and ornament; Basilica di san pietro in vaticano; Vatican city
Description: "The text guides us through the building's true story in its material reality, undistorted by medieval guides. This was its living memory and a visualization of the continuity of Roman history into modern times"--