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Glossing wind names in Low German in Salisbury? A newly discovered text in London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A.xii
2018
It's an essay investigating a text on the names of the winds in ms London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A.xii (s. xi), where both Latin and vernacular names are given. The text may ultimately derive from Einhard's Life of Charlemagne (ch. 29), but it appears as a self-contained text in the form of a Class Glossary. Although inserted in a manuscript copied in England at Salisbury, the vernacular words of the text are not in Old English. The essay makes a case for a possible connection with Flanders, with the text being one of the very rare surviving specimen of the Old Low Franconian language.
Terremoto e architettura storica. Palermo e il sisma del 1726.
2015
On September 1st 1726 Palermo was hit by a violent earthquake. Although it did not bring about the destruction of the city, the earthquake caused widespread and extensive damage to the architectural heritage. The local insti- tutions carried out a series of actions involving representatives of the technical culture. These actions affected the subsequent appearance of the urban pattern and influenced the construction methods of the time. Crossing the data taken from chronicles of the time, from maps produced after the earthquake and above all copious archival documents, the research aims to reconstruct the state in which Palermo was after that tragic event, highlighting a number of aspects. …
Una nuova acquisizione iconografica per la ricostruzione della tribuna di Antonello Gagini nella Cattedrale di Palermo
2022
La recente digitalizzazione di un dipinto di anonimo siciliano nelle collezioni del Museo de Historia di Madrid e il suo inserimento nei database del patrimonio culturale spagnolo ed europeo ha consentito di riportare all’attenzione della comunità scientifica un’importante raffigurazione pittorica della tribuna di Antonello Gagini nella Cattedrale di Palermo. Dopo avere ripercorso le principali fonti documentarie ed iconografiche relative alla tribuna, viene qui presentata l’opera oggi a Madrid, che fornisce un prezioso riscontro alle fonti fin qui note.
Il dibattito culturale attorno alle prime sperimentazioni di tutela attiva dei monumenti architettonici
2022
In Sicily the first service of active protection of monuments was experimented with a law of Ferdinand IV Borbone, who named the princes of Biscari and Torremuzza ‘royal guardians’ and Carlo Chenchi ‘architect of antiquities’. In that period, the temple of Segesta was restored, which had been damaged by lightning in 1726 which struck the eastern façade and a column was built with different stones which, a few years later, was declared too distinguishable. In the cathedral of Palermo in 1835 the construction of a neo-Gothic bell tower was completed based on a project by the architect Emanuele Palazzotto, which replaced the Baroque one built after the earthquake of 1726. Restoration has perha…
The preservation of the Agrigento Cathedral
2013
The Agrigento Cathedral was built about nine centuries ago on the edge of a steep slope made up of alternating inclined layers of soft calcarenites and fine-grained soils; its behaviour has never been satisfactory especially as far as the North aisle is concerned. Many corrective measures have been attempted during its lifespan and also a few years ago. They proved invariably unsuccessful. Recent geotechnical investigations, referred to in the paper, permitted to find out that the main cause of the Cathedral distress is a sliding mechanism involving the upper zone of the slope underlying the North aisle; consequently the essential requirement for the preservation of the Cathedral is the sta…
Il dibattito sull’architettura religiosa normanna in Sicilia. Tradizione o innovazione?
2013
Il contributo ripercorre le tappe e presenta le teorie relative al dibattito sui caratteri di innovazione e quelli tradizionali dell'architettura normanna siciliana con riferimento alle strutture latine e quelle greche. The contribution retraces the stages and presents the theories related to the debate on the character of innovation and of tradition Norman architecture in Sicily with reference to the structures Latin and Greek ones.
Pareri, dispute e dibattiti nel cantiere del Duomo di Milano XIV-XVI secolo
2017
The «600th anniversary of the consultation on the construction of the Cathedral of Girona» can provide a good opportunity to review the studies and documents relating to the many debates surrounding the use of stone masonry in Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano) between the 14th and 15th centuries–the object of research of many scholars who have bequeathed pages of great significance for the history of architecture on the late Gothic and Renaissance periods. Without aiming to make a comprehensive study, and basing our work especially on the enormous documentary compendium Annali della Fabbrica del Duomo dalle origini siano al presente. 1877-1885., we have sought to interpret the data, which l…
Tra mito e modello. Le cattedrali normanne nell'architettura religiosa del Cinquecento in Italia meridionale
2021
Talora ammantata da un alone mitico e sempre celebrata dalla storiografia di età moderna, la fondazione delle cattedrali al tempo della dominazione normanna costituisce per l’architettura religiosa in Sicilia un vero e proprio anno zero. Il primato nell’ambito della tipologia basilicale, per un verso, e il configurarsi come luoghi di attualità operativa, per altro verso, hanno fatto delle stesse i termini di riferimento privilegiati per l’architettura religiosa al principio dell’età moderna. Ciò si osserva, in particolare, in un’ampia e variegata casistica di chiese realizzate nel corso del XVI secolo, che ripropongono e reinterpretano temi compositivi e spaziali propri delle suddette catte…
Antonello Gagini and the "majestic machina marmorea" of the Cathedral of Palermo, Italy, in the "Gagino redivivo" by Vincenzo Auria
2022
The paper examines the description of the tribune of the Cathedral of Palermo by Antonello Gagini published in Gagino redivivo by Vincenzo Auria, contextualizing it with other sources related to the monument, both written and iconographic. Auria's detailed description, together with the latter, has allowed a complete reconstruction of the tribune and of its iconographic programme.
Building materials and decay assessment of the Gerace Cathedral (Reggio Calabria, Southern Italy)
2023
A multi-analytical approach was employed for the first time to study the stone materials, wall paintings and related degradation forms in the Cathedral of Gerace (Reggio Calabria, southern Italy). With an area of around 1898 square meters, the Gerace Cathedral is the largest in Calabria: its construction dates back to the Norman era (between 1085 and 1120), and currently displays distinct features of Greek and Latin architectural orders. Despite having undergone numerous restorations, the church perfectly preserves its original buildings materials. Following an extensive site inspection campaign, supported by the experts dealing with building restoration, several areas were selected for ana…