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In what I had written, "originally eleventh-century" modifies "Cappella di San Giorgio", not "a portrait of M." That dating was derived from the date given on this page
http://homes.dico.unimi.it/~monga/smattia.html
for the church of San Vincenzo of which the space in Novara's cathedral now called the Cappella di San Giorgio is a survivor. Whereas that space could have been a later addition to San Vincenzo, it could also have been a re-decorated part of the original structure. Without knowing more about that building's history, it would have been more accurate to say "perhaps originally eleventh-century". The frescoes are obviously much later than that.
While we're here (Warning: this is a TAN!), it's perhaps worth observing for USAmericans on this list that the most salient feature of Novara's cathedral (the Basilica di San Gaudenzio) when seen from the distance is a cupola contemporary with, and stylistically similar to, the dome of the Capitol in Washington, DC. Herewith a couple of views:
http://tinyurl.com/6bq7mx
http://tinyurl.com/5mu2dx
The domes of St Pauls in London and of Ste-Geneviève (le Panthéon) in Paris are of course ancestral to both of these nineteenth-century creations.
An Italian-language discussion of the cupola of San Gaudenzio, with photographs of it in different phases of construction, occurs towards the bottom of this page:
http://www.igaudenziani.org/basilica.htm
Best,
John Dillon
On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at 8:02 am, christopher crockett wrote:
> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Here's a portrait of M. from the originally eleventh-century
> Cappella San
> Giorgio in the cathedral of San Gaudenzio at Novara:
> > http://homes.dico.unimi.it/~monga/etc/SMattia.jpg
> > context:
> > http://homes.dico.unimi.it/~monga/smattia.html
>
>
> clearly late 13th or (more likely) 14th c., rather than the 11th c.
> which the
> second site seems to imply.
>
> looks more French than Italian, to my eye.
>
> but, i know not from eyetalian 14th c. stuff.
>
> c
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