| Pertaining to s. Stefano Rotondo (regio II - Caelimontium), abside , in situ |
| Titulus apparatus tessellis scriptus |
| Musivum |
| Last recorded in Roma, s. Stefano Rotondo, abside |
| Edition(s): IC II, 152, n. 31; 410, n. 140; de Rossi 1872, tab. XVII; Agostinelli 2012, 60, n. 18; Gandolfo 2015, 449-450 |
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| 〈: a〉 ((crux immissa)) aspicis auratum caelesti culmine tectum astriferumque micans praeclaro lumine fultum ((crux immissa)) 〈: b〉 ((crux immissa)) s̄(an)c̄(tu)s̄ Primus 〈: c〉 ((crux immissa)) s̄(an)c̄(tu)s̄ Felicianus |
| Text A is composed by two hexameters and is located in the band at the base of the apsidal basin, below the figures of Saints Primus and Felicianus, indicated by didascalic inscriptions (texts B and C). This decoration is related to the monumental intervention undertaken by pope Theodore I (642-649) (see LP I, 332). In 1735 the apsidal mosaic was restored (see De Rossi ad loc. cit.). |
| Flavio Pallocca, 21/07/2021 |