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La géographie humaine d’Hydace
2020
Hydatius’ Chronicle allows us to set a human geography map focused on the periphery of 5th century Roman Empire. Despite the pretention to be universal, it shows a world shrunk to Iberian territories as parts of the greater Christian space. Ciuitas and urbs seem to be interchangeable, but some evidence indicate that the first word is more significant.
Luminescence dating applied to Saint-Irénée’s church (Lyon, France)
2014
The aim of the study presented here is to propose a new view on the chronology of early medieval buildings in Europe and on the related building modes. If several studies have proved the efficiency of this multidisciplinary process, the case of St. Irenee’s church is very representative of the contributions of such an approach. This church is one of the oldest witnesses of the Christianization in Lyon, capital city of Gauls, and of its evolution under the aegis of Burgonds. However the small number of preserved remains of its early states has shown uncertainties in the interpretation of the chronology of the building use. There are two possibilities: is it the monument described by Gregory …
Sabratha. La necropoli a Nord-Est del Teatro nell'insula 8 della Regio IV e il riuso dello spazio urbano a scopo funerario
2012
The cemetery (m 29 x 39), excavated and restored by G. Caputo in the Thirties of the twentieth century, borders westwards the cardo which leads to the Early Christian churches of Regio III, and southwards the Theatre decumanus. The burial area comprises 84 tomb sub-divo, violated or with the gravestones moved. The burial types are: 1) the forma, attested by 43 specimens, 2) the case, rectangular or anthropomorphic, with 26 specimens, 3) nine cupae, characterized by a semi-cylindrical crown placed directly on the gravestones or on a base of limestone blocks, and 4) the mound, only one example. The space organization seems to follow clear rules: all the burials are in fact concentrated in the…
Nuovi dati sulla catacomba di Sabratha (Libia)
2016
La ricerca è stata condotta in collaborazione con Giuseppina Cipriano per la parte archeologica e Francesco Scirè per il rilievo topografico e diretto, nell’ambito del Progetto PRIN 2008 dal titolo: Pagani e cristiani a Sabratha e Leptis Magna tra III e VI secolo d.C. Monumenti e reperti, tradizione e immagini, coordinato da Rosa Maria Carra.La catacomba di Sabratha è uno dei pochi esempi di cimitero comunitario cristiano finora noti nell’Africa Romana. L’ingresso, lungo il tracciato del decumano minore proveniente dal complesso episcopale della Regio III, si trova a pochi metri dall’attuale linea di costa, a metà strada fra il grande santuario suburbano di Iside e l’Anfiteatro e nei pressi…
"II –Il monastero benedettino", in Bonacasa Carra RM, Schirò G, Vitale E, Manenti M, "Il Monastero benedettino di Monreale. Dati storico-archeologici…
2016
In the Norman hunting park dominating the Conca d'Oro, in the second half of the XII century the monumental complex of Monreale began as a rational unitary body, consisting of the royal palace, the Duomo and the Benedictine convent which, from 1176, housed hundred Cluniac monks of Cava de 'Tirreni, called here by King William II; a wall, originally equipped with twelve towers, protected the religious community from possible external attacks. The goal of the founder was the creation of a strong instrument for the Christianization of western Sicily - still predominantly Muslim -, and at the same time of a prestigious dynastic mausoleum, in the explicit intent to rival all previous sacred impe…