A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
A study of biblical fresco of balisque of Monte Cassino in the light of verse of Alphanus de Salendre drafted for the church
Authors: Teemu Immonen
Publisher: CENTRE ETUD SUPERIEUR CIV MED
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Cahiers de Civilisation Medievale
Journal name in source: CAHIERS DE CIVILISATION MEDIEVALE
Journal acronym: CAH CIVILIS MEDIEVAL
Volume: 57
First page : 169
Last page: 197
Number of pages: 29
ISSN: 0007-9731
Abstract
The present article discusses the pictorial decoration of the nave walls of the basilica of Monte Cassino, consecrated in 1071 under Abbot Desiderius, the future Pope Victor III. The church is regarded as one of the most important edifices of the Italian Middle Ages due to its role in the formation of Romanesque art. Apparently, the wall paintings of the church served to intermediate the pictorial traditions which harked back to the great Roman fourth-century basilicas. Unfortunately, the Desiderian basilica was destroyed in an earthquake in 1348, and it has proved difficult for scholars to determine whether the church contained a fresco program and if it did, of what the program consisted. In the present article, I argue that the nave walls of the Desiderian basilica contained biblical fresco cycles the contents of which can be reconstructed to an extent on the basis of Alfanus of Salerno's verses for the basilica preserved in Codex Casinensis 280.
The present article discusses the pictorial decoration of the nave walls of the basilica of Monte Cassino, consecrated in 1071 under Abbot Desiderius, the future Pope Victor III. The church is regarded as one of the most important edifices of the Italian Middle Ages due to its role in the formation of Romanesque art. Apparently, the wall paintings of the church served to intermediate the pictorial traditions which harked back to the great Roman fourth-century basilicas. Unfortunately, the Desiderian basilica was destroyed in an earthquake in 1348, and it has proved difficult for scholars to determine whether the church contained a fresco program and if it did, of what the program consisted. In the present article, I argue that the nave walls of the Desiderian basilica contained biblical fresco cycles the contents of which can be reconstructed to an extent on the basis of Alfanus of Salerno's verses for the basilica preserved in Codex Casinensis 280.
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