medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Saturday, January 15, 2005, at 10:02 am, chris crockett wrote:
> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Views of the tomb of Felix and other details from his basilica at
> Cimitile (outside of Nola) are here:
>
> > http://xoomer.virgilio.it/panorami/cimitile.html
>
> nice example of re-used "spolia" in the form of Roman(?) columns
> and iconic
> capitals :
>
> http://xoomer.virgilio.it/panorami/cartellina/179.jpg
>
Or perhaps ironic. I'm not really up on these Orders of Meaning.
I assume that the columns _are_ Roman. This part of the complex dates
from the fourth to the sixth century. Its architectural history is, er,
complex. And still being investigated (hence the bibliography on it in
my previous post). Here's a distance shot of the tomb area inside the
basilica:
http://www.asmez.it/cimitile/images/001030.jpg
Cimitile's name derives from _coemeterium_ (cemetery), which is what
this place was before Paulinus and his wife Therasia turned it into a
monastic center. Some of the spolia could be from disused ancient
structures in the immediate vicinity. The larger pieces could have come
from anywhere in the region: Paulinus had been governor of Campania and
presumably knew where to obtain such things.
Best,
John Dillon
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