ID AND LOCATION
| Stanford #
| 265 |
| AG1980 #
| 265 |
| PM1960 #
| 265 |
| Slab #
| unknown |
| Adjoins
| none |
CONDITION
| Located
| false |
| Incised
| true |
| Surviving
| true |
| Subfragments
| 1 |
| Plaster Parts
| 0 |
| Back Surface
| smooth |
| Slab Edges
| 1 |
| Clamp Holes
| 0 |
| Tassello
| no |
TECHNICAL INFO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ANALYSIS
|
| Description The fragment was part of a slab edge. Two vertical and parallel dashed lines traverse the fragment. Just before they reach the top edge, they encounter a perpendicular line of wide dashes. N.B. The rightmost horizontal dash is not visible in AG 1980, pl. 44. The topmost dash is missing from the left vertical line; is this a mistake by the engraver, or does it actually represent a gap in the sequence of dashes, i.e. an opening in the arcade at this point? Open space flanks the dashed lines on both sides.
Identification Free-standing arcades like those represented in this fragment are unusual on the Plan. Arcades are generally associated with covered sidewalks, and then mostly one per sidewalk. Or they are used to represent the covered walkways of buildings like the Basilica Iulia in fr. 18bc. These arcades are parallel like those in the Basilica Iulia, yet they are spaced far apart and the piers of the arches do not seem to line up exactly. Does this mean that each arcade is independent and delineates its own space, namely the blank areas to the left and the right?
Significance This fragment represents a type of architecture that is unusual on the Plan. |
|
| HISTORY OF FRAGMENT |
| Like the majority of FUR fragments, this piece was discovered in 1562 in a garden behind the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian. From here, it was transferred to the Palazzo Farnese and stored there. The fragment was later used as building material in the 17th c. construction of the Farnese familys Giardino Segreto (Secret Garden) near the Via Giulia, and was rediscovered in 1888 or 1898 when the walls of the garden were demolished. Since then, it has been stored with the other known FUR fragments in various places: the storerooms of the Commissione Archeologica (1888/1898-1903), the Antiquarium Comunale (1924-1939), the Capitoline Museums (1939-1955), the Palazzo Braschi (1955-1998), and since 1998 in the Museo della Civiltà Romana in EUR under the auspices of the Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali del Comune di Roma. (This fragments history corresponds to Iter E as summarized in PM 1960, p. 56.) N.B. PM 1960 does not reveal the whereabouts of the fragment between 1903 and 1924.
Text by Tina Najbjerg |
|
| KEYWORDS
|
| arcades |
|
Prev
