medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Earlier today, I wrote:
> At Villaputzu (CA), in the southeastern part of the island in the
> former judicate of Caglari,
Er, Cagliari (obviously).
The chief medieval monument to that famous saint of the Regno, Nicholas
of Myra, is his church at Bari, erected in stages from 1087 to 1197. A
brief, Italian-language, illustrated overview is here:
http://www.mondimedievali.net/Edifici/Puglia/SanNicolaBari.htm
and a longer one (same language, also illustrated; 3 pages) is here:
http://tinyurl.com/7m7e3
An illustrated, Italian-language page on the history of the church and
on its mosaics is here:
http://www.storiamedievale2.net/Artemedievale/pavimenti/bari.htm
An illustrated, English-language account of the translation and of the
church is here:
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=41
That account is by the Centro Studi Nicolaiani, which is housed in the
church and which issues useful scholarly and semi-scholarly publications
about N.'s cult in Bari and elsewhere. The Centro also offers this page
of Nicholas-related images:
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=462
Two pages of external views are here:
http://www.arturocovitti.it/Ing_SNicola.htm
http://www.arturocovitti.it/Ing_SNicolaDet.htm
Expandable views of some external carvings are here:
http://www.basilicasannicola.org/it/citta1.htm
A few exterior and interior views are here:
http://www.ba.infn.it/www/sannicola.html
and many more are here:
http://www.storiamedievale2.net/Reporter/Bari/snicola.htm
Michael Greenhalgh's directories for his numerous exterior and interior
views are here:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/bari/churches/san_nicola/
These include some good detail views of the carvings of the so-called
"Portale dei Leoni" on the north flank:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/bari/churches/san_nicola/exterior/north_flank/
TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/7jvso
Main portal (the one with the stylophore oxen [oxen stylophore?]):
http://feurstein.net/kreuzfahrt2005/images/bari2005023m.jpg
Relief of N. over main portal:
http://www.basilicasannicola.org/img/foto/ct1.jpg
Interior view, looking towards the presbytery:
http://www.italiantourism.com/images/prew_2100000012800.jpg
The ciborium, with the tomb of Bona Sforza in the background:
http://feurstein.net/kreuzfahrt2005/images/bari2005136m.jpg
Behind the ciborium, in the apse, is an early twelfth-century "bishop's"
throne (though San Nicola has never been a cathedral church, it was an
abbatial one), the so-called _cattedra di Elia_. A very well illustrated,
Italian-language account of it is here:
http://www.arengario.net/momenti/momenti47.html
A detail ("seeking whom he would devour"):
http://www.thais.it/scultura/image/sch00540.htm
Best,
John Dillon
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