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Drawing 4 (second row, left): Cornice from Santa Maria in Domnica (or della Navicella)
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Reference number
SM volume 115/116d
Purpose
Drawing 4 (second row, left): Cornice from Santa Maria in Domnica (or della Navicella)
Aspect
Cross section and raking view of front, with measurements
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:6
Inscribed
S. mariae. naui / culae (‘Of Santa Maria Navicella’); [measurements]
Signed and dated
- c.1513/14
Datable to c.1513/14
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink and grey-brown wash over stylus lines and compass pricks
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
Identified by Ashby, this moulding runs around the ninth-century apse of Santa Maria in Domnica. The accompanying caption gives the church’s alternative name of Santa Maria in Navicella, which goes back at least as far as the early sixteenth century and refers to the sculpture of an ancient Roman ship located in front of the building (Hülsen 1927, p. 332). The moulding is distinctive in having a corona with an apophyge at the top.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 57
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Codex Coner has been made possible through the generosity of the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance, Berlin.
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