Book contents
- Eyewitness to Old St. Peter’s
- About the Authors
- Eyewitness to Old St. Peter’s
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Frontispiece
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Canon and the Basilica
- Introduction
- One Maffeo Vegio
- Two The Text
- Three A Humanist Looks at a Medieval Marvel
- Four Conclusion
- Endnotes
- Part II The Text
- Part III The Image
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Three - A Humanist Looks at a Medieval Marvel
from Part I - The Canon and the Basilica
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 July 2019
- Eyewitness to Old St. Peter’s
- About the Authors
- Eyewitness to Old St. Peter’s
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Frontispiece
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Canon and the Basilica
- Introduction
- One Maffeo Vegio
- Two The Text
- Three A Humanist Looks at a Medieval Marvel
- Four Conclusion
- Endnotes
- Part II The Text
- Part III The Image
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
Vegio opens “Remembering St. Peter’s” with the claim that he acquired a new understanding of the basilica through both what he read and what he saw (I.1). We were able to identify his literary sources in almost every instance: The reader will find his specific references in the notes to our translation; the works available to him at St. Peter’s are discussed in our Chapter 1; and how he appropriated his reading in his own writings is examined in Chapter 2.
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- Eyewitness to Old St Peter'sA Study of Maffeo Vegio's ‘Remembering the Ancient History of St Peter's Basilica in Rome,' with Translation and a Digital Reconstruction of the Church, pp. 75 - 103Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019