- Title :
-
The lost royal portraits of Gerace and Cefalö Cathedrals
- Author :
- JOHNSON, Mark J. ;
- Publication year :
-
1999
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- According to texts, the cathedral of Gerace once contained a mosaic panel depicting Roger II and Leontius II, bishop of Gerace. The cathedral of Cefalö once contained a series of now destroyed (fresco or mosaic) panels depicting Roger and his successors (William I, William II, Frederick II), located on the west facade of the building, and described in a 14th-c. text. The texts have never been completely analyzed before now. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 14] p. of pl.; 18 ill.; map ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Art ; Byzantin (art) ; Cefalö (ITA), cathédrale ; Documents ; Frédéric II, empereur du Saint Empire romain germanique, 1194-1250 ; Gerace (ITA), Assunta (cathédrale) ; Guglielmo I, roi de Sicile, 1120-1166 ; Guglielmo II, roi de Sicile, v.1153-1189 ; Iconographie ; Italie ; Leontius II, évêque de Gerace, m.1144 ; Mosaïque ; Portrait ; Roger II, roi de Sicile, 1095-1154 ; 1100-1300 ;
- Descriptors :
- Art ; Byzantine ; Cefalö (ITA), cathedral ; Documents ; Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor, 1194-1250 ; Gerace (ITA), Assunta (cathedral) ; Guglielmo I, king of Sicily, 1120-1166 ; Guglielmo II, king of Sicily, ca.1153-1189 ; Iconography ; Italy ; Leontius II, bishop of Gerace, d.1144 ; Mosaics ; Portraits ; Roger II, king of Sicily, 1095-1154 ; 1100-1300 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
Dumbarton Oaks papers, 1999, 53
- INIST identifier :
- 24985567 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0070-7546 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Washington, DC
- Publisher country :
- UNITED STATES ;
