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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Florence, Tuscany, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal11th-13th century (inclusive)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Italian)en_US
dc.date1050-1299en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-16T17:39:42Z
dc.date.available2013-05-16T17:39:42Z
dc.date.issued1050-1299en_US
dc.identifier217359en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 326en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/125288
dc.descriptionView looking up at the attic; Most famous for its three sets of bronze doors, the Baptistery is the oldest extant building in Florence. Excavations have revealed various floor-levels below the Baptistery's inlaid marble base, and these fragments suggest that there was a building of some size on the site, possibly as early as the Roman period. The date of the present building is controversial, but it is now thought likely that it is a 6th- or 7th-century structure, although it has also been attributed to the 11th century: there was a consecration in 1059. The geometric facing was applied in this period, but the striped angle pilasters were added during the 13th century; the lantern dates from ca. 1150. An inscription on the mosaics of the apse indicates that it was begun ca. 1225 and, according to Giovanni Villani, the mosaics of the main vault were virtually completed by 1325. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/11/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediummarble (white Carrara and green Prato marble); mosaicsen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectNew Testamenten_US
dc.subjectsaintsen_US
dc.subjectEarly Christianen_US
dc.subjectRomanesqueen_US
dc.titleFlorence Baptisteryen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-I-F-BS-C2en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) mosaic (process)en_US
vra.worktypebaptisteryen_US
vra.worktypemosaic (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Italian)en_US


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