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Charlemagne and Rome : Alcuin and the Epitaph of Pope Hadrian I /

Using a vast range of sources and methods, from art history, epigraphy, palaeography, geology, archaeology, and architectural history, to close reading of contemporary texts in prose and verse, this book presents a detailed 'object biography', contextualising Hadrian's epitaph in its...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Story, Joanna, 1970- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Medieval history and archaeology.
Subjects:
San Paolo fuori le mura (Church : Rome, Italy)
Adrian > I, > Pope, > -795.
Adrian > I, > Pope, > -795
Inscriptions, Latin > Italy > Rome.
Inscriptions latines > Italie > Rome.
HISTORY.
Historiography.
Medieval.
Social History.
Archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Inscriptions, Latin
Italy > Rome
Religion & beliefs.
Religion.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Using a vast range of sources and methods, from art history, epigraphy, palaeography, geology, archaeology, and architectural history, to close reading of contemporary texts in prose and verse, this book presents a detailed 'object biography', contextualising Hadrian's epitaph in its historical and physical setting at St Peter's over 800 years.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 403 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0192575058
9780191082719
0191082716
9780191874567
0191874566
9780192575050