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- Rome in the Eighth Century
- British School at Rome Studies
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Rome in 700: ‘Constantinople on the Tiber’
- 2 Pope John VII servus sanctae Mariae
- 3 Clerics, Monks and Pilgrims
- 4 ‘The City of the Church’
- 5 The Chapel of Theodotus in Santa Maria Antiqua
- 6 Pope Zacharias and the Lateran Palace
- 7 Rome and the Franks
- 8 Paul I
- 9 Hadrian I dux Dei
- 10 Leo III and Charlemagne
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
9 - Hadrian I dux Dei
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2020
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- British School at Rome Studies
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Rome in 700: ‘Constantinople on the Tiber’
- 2 Pope John VII servus sanctae Mariae
- 3 Clerics, Monks and Pilgrims
- 4 ‘The City of the Church’
- 5 The Chapel of Theodotus in Santa Maria Antiqua
- 6 Pope Zacharias and the Lateran Palace
- 7 Rome and the Franks
- 8 Paul I
- 9 Hadrian I dux Dei
- 10 Leo III and Charlemagne
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
Summary
Examines the explosion of building activity and patronage associated with Pope Hadrian I (772–95), who sees off the final Lombard threat and forges a strong alliance with Charlemagne. Churches such as Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Santa Maria Antiqua (where his portrait was included), and Sant’ Adriano are examined for what their decorations reveal about the continuity of ‘Byzantine’ cultural influence and practice. Attention is then given to his repairs to Rome’s walls and water supply. The exceptional wealth of the papacy in this era permitted an unprecedented degree of generosity in terms of gifts of precious materials to the city’s churches (silk textiles, gold and silver metalwork, marble furnishings).
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- Rome in the Eighth CenturyA History in Art, pp. 194 - 218Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020