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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Sunday, December 5, 2004, at 11:27 am, chris crockett wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> > > > A couple of exterior views (rear apses of the cathedral and, on the > left, the mausoleum): > > http://www.ripalta.it/629CorfinioSanPelino.jpg > http://www.abruzzocitta.it/comuni/corfinio.html > > And of the rear of the cathedral alone (the carving is said to > be of > the thirteenth century): > > http://www.liceoscientificosulmona.it/ROMANICO-ABRUZZESE/Schede- > edifici/S_PELINO_A_CORFINIO/FOTO_S_PELINO/PROSPETTO.jpg > > and: > http://www.liceoscientificosulmona.it/ROMANICO-ABRUZZESE/Schede- > edifici/S_PELINO_A_CORFINIO/FOTO_S_PELINO/PROSPETTO.jpg > > (again, wtw!) > > > interesting how a prismatic apse is more attractive than a > straightforwardsemicircular one. This one appears to have been converted from semicircular to apsidal. That also happened (also in the 13th cent.) at the not too distant abbey church of Santa Maria in Valle Porclaneta (outside of today's Rosciolo [dei Marsi], AQ). I've tried unsuccessfully to find a web- available photograph of that apse. There's one on p. 369 of the recently published _L'Abruzzo nel Medioevo_, a cura di Umberto Russo e Edoardo Tiboni (Pescara: Ediars, 2003). This, BTW, is chock-a-block with illustrated little survey articles on different aspects of ecclesiastical art and architecture of Abruzzo: for Santa Maria in Valle Porclaneta see esp. Adriano Ghisetti Giavarina, "Aspetti dell'architettura di alcune chiese benedettine," at pp. 361-74. Santa Maria in Valle Porclaneta is not a site that's ever likely to arise in connection with Saints of the Day. A longtime daughter house of Montecassino, it is located in an area of the Parco Regionale Sirente-Velino now threatened with development for mass tourism. Here's a brief survey: Historical surveys (Italian-language): http://web.tiscali.it/COMUNEMAGLIANOMARSI/Testi/s_maria_in_valle.htm http://www.sezione16.terremarsicane.it/chiesemonu2/origini.htm Exterior views (front): http://www.immagini3.terremarsicane.it/ing3rosciolo/c_copia(93).htm http://www.arrigoamadori.com/viaggi/AppenninoCE/VelinoSirente/veli10.jpg Another (showing, in comparison with the two preceding, how misleading tourist industry photos can be): http://www.photoroger.it/Chieseabruzzo_htm/chiesa_di_smvp.htm Interior views: http://www.belpaese.nl/FOVALP01.HTML http://www.arrigoamadori.com/viaggi/AppenninoCE/VelinoSirente/veli07.jpg http://www.arrigoamadori.com/viaggi/AppenninoCE/VelinoSirente/veli08.jpg http://www.abruzzoverdeblu.it/webimages/foto/chiese/laquila/z_santa_mari a_di_rosciolo.jpg (wtw!) The ambo: http://www.arrigoamadori.com/viaggi/AppenninoCE/VelinoSirente/veli09.jpg http://www.photoroger.it/Chieseabruzzo_htm/ambone_nella_chiesa_di_santa_ mar.htm The ciborium: http://www.photoroger.it/Chieseabruzzo_htm/ciborio_nella_chiesa_di_santa _ma.htm > thanks again for the slideshow, John. You're very welcome. Best, John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html