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San Vitale in Ravenna and octogonal churches in late antiquity

Title
San Vitale in Ravenna and octogonal churches in late antiquity / Mark. J. Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Mark Joseph.
Publication
  • Wiesbaden : Reichert Verlag, [2018]
  • ©2018
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Description
182 pages, 95 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans; 25 cm.
Summary
"This book examines the octagonal churches of Late Antiquity from the origins of the type in the fourth century to its sixth-century culmination in its most famous example, the church of San Vitale in Ravenna. The buildings, limited in number and many overlooked in modern scholarship, served several functions including funerary oratory, martyrium, and cathedral, though most were martyr or memorial shrines. Beyond addressing questions of function, architectural design, structural solutions, chronology, literary sources, and architectural symbolism are also studied."--
Series Statement
Spätantike - frühes Christentum - Byzanz. Reihe B, Studien und Perspektiven ; Band 44
Uniform Title
Spätantike, frühes Christentum, Byzanz. Reihe B, Studien und Perspektiven ; Bd. 44.
Alternative Title
  • San Vitale in Ravenna and octagonal churches in late antiquity
  • Octagonal churches in late antiquity
Subject
  • Basilica di S. Vitale (Ravenna, Italy) > History
  • Basilica di S. Vitale (Ravenna, Italy)
  • To 1500
  • Buildings, Octagonal
  • Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
  • Church architecture > Europe > History
  • Church architecture > Italy > Ravenna
  • Church buildings > Europe > Design and construction > History > To 1500
  • Church buildings > Italy > Ravenna > Design and construction > History > To 1500
  • Church architecture
  • Church buildings > Design and construction
  • Church history > Primitive and early church
  • Europe
  • Italy > Ravenna
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • The word octagonal is misspelled on the title page.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-182).
Contents
Introduction: The Octagon in Late Antique Architecture -- Octagonal Churches of the Fourth Century -- Octagonal Churches of the Early Fifth Century -- Octagonal Churches of the Later Fifth Century -- The Early Sixth Century -- The Justinianic Octagonal Churches -- The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy -- Observations and Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Plates.
Call Number
JFE 18-9056
ISBN
  • 9783954902897
  • 3954902893
OCLC
1016856707
Author
Johnson, Mark Joseph.
Title
San Vitale in Ravenna and octogonal churches in late antiquity / Mark. J. Johnson.
Publisher
Wiesbaden : Reichert Verlag, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Spätantike - frühes Christentum - Byzanz. Reihe B, Studien und Perspektiven ; Band 44
Spätantike, frühes Christentum, Byzanz. Reihe B, Studien und Perspektiven ; Bd. 44.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-182).
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Chronological Term
To 1500
Research Call Number
JFE 18-9056
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