Lost mosaics and frescoes of Rome of the mediaeval period; a publication of drawings contained in the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo, now in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (1915)
Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877-1955 · Princeton, N.J., Princeton university press; [etc., etc.] · leaf 53
38 LOST MOSAICS AND FRESCOES OF ROME The Windsor drawing corresponds very closely to the present mosaic, save that Eclissi gives a purplish hue to the background, and it shows that the apse has undergone no essential changes since the time of Urban VIII. Exception must of course be made of the… … Fig. 8. Detail of the apsidal mosaic of SS. Cos ma e Damiano, SHOWING THE MODERN FIGURE OF POPE FELIX IV. as the only complete record of the appearance of the mosaic before the alterations under Urban VIII, restoring the Hand of God and the wreath at the top of the apse, and the rich border of…
Windsor Castle. Royal Library · Church decoration and ornament · Mosaics
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