The Medieval Salento: Art and Identity in Southern Italy

Database: Sites in the Salento with Texts and Images Informative About Identity

D a t a b a s e Sites in the Salento with Texts and Images Informative About Identity MAp of The SAlenTo wITh SITeS In The DATAbASe Courtesy Margretta de Vries 242 Database Note to the Reader The Introduction (pages 15–16) discusses the criteria for inclusion in the Database. Sites are arranged and numbered alphabetically, with the name of each city, town, or village followed by its modern Italian province in parentheses and by the name of the specific structure or kind of work within each site. If the work can be dated, this appears in boldface type. This is followed by measurements or other specific details. every relevant inscription or image within that site is identified; if there are several, they are labeled with capital letters (A, B, C, and so on). each inscription is given in the original language, followed by an english translation (unless otherwise indicated, translations are mine). If both inscriptions and images exist, the former precede the latter. works of unknown provenance are alphabetized according to their current location. pictorial graffiti (pg) are listed separately from textual graffiti, which are considered inscriptions. These are followed by a list of narrative scenes (sc) and identifiable saints (st). with very few exceptions, representations of Christ and the Virgin are not included because they are ubiquitous and uninformative about matters of personal or regional identity. each entry concludes with a short bibliography that emphasizes recent literature. notes in the text do not duplicate this bibliography. An asterisk (*) indicates an accompanying photograph. The standard format for a Database entry follows. LOCATION (MoDern proVInCe) 1. Name of Monument or Artifact, overall date of medieval texts and images Details about monument, location, measurements (height × width × depth) 1.A,B,C... inscription/graffito/image, position in monument, date Transcription† English translation 1.pg list of pictorial graffiti 1.sc list of narrative and multifigure scenes 1.st list of identifiable saints (excludes Christ and the Virgin except in special cases) Brief bibliography (bibliography on specific inscriptions follows some entries). † Unless otherwise indicated, the original Greek inscriptions are in unaccented capitals. The Database provides diplomatic transcriptions, in which the Greek texts retain their original spellings, breathing marks, and accentuation but are lowercased (except for proper names) to facilitate readability; in addition, abbreviations have been resolved and obvious missing text restored. Descriptions and directions are from the perspective of the viewer. Conventions for inscriptions n.v. = non vidi ( ) = resolution of abbreviation [ ] = restoration of lost text ? = reading of letter uncertain = corrected text { } = superfluous text, to be ignored . . . = missing letters // = background color change [- - -] = broken hebrew text Acquarica del Capo 243 ACQUARICA DEL CAPO (leCCe) 1. San Nicola, 1282/83 Single-nave basilica at base of later tower in abandoned Masseria Celsorizzo (former casale of Cicivizzo) 1.A* dedicatory inscription, west wall ANNO AB I(N)CARNATIO(N)E . D(OMI)NI [MILLESIMO] DVCE[N]TES(IMO)OCTA[GESIMOTERCIOINDICTIONE]/.VND(E)CI(M)A. REGNA[NTE ILLU]STRISS(IM)O D(OMI)NO NOSTRO KAR[O]LO [IHERVSALEM ET SICILIE] / REGE . D[IE . MENSIS . . . APR]ILIS IOH(ANNE)S D(E) OGE(N)TO CASALIS CICIVICI D(OMI)N(V)S [V]NA CV(M) DOM[I]N[.] / [. . .]IE . S [UORUM] DVCTUS P[ECCATORUM] RE(M)ITIO(N)[E] ET BENEFICATIO(N)E ANIME SVE [ET] PAR[ENT]V(M) SVOR(VM) / [BA]SILICA[M ISTAM CONST]RVI (ET) PI(N)GI FEC(IT) [A]D HO(NO)RE(M) DEI (ET) BEATI NICOLAI EP(ISCOP)I / [G]LO(RIO)SI CO(N)F[ESSORIS]. + Εζωγραφήθη [διὰ] / χειρος Ν[. . .] Μελιτίνου κ[αὶ] / [Ν]ικολ[άου . . .] In the one thousandth two hundredth and eighty-third year from the Incarnation of the Lord, eleventh indiction, while our most illustrious lord Charles, king [of Jerusalem and Sicily] was reigning, on the [. . .] day in the month of April, John of Ugento, lord of the casale of Cicivizzo, together with the lady [. . .]ie, motivated by the remission of his sins and benefit of his soul and those of his parents, had this basilica built and painted in honor of God and of blessed bishop Nicholas, the glorious confessor. It has been painted by the hand of N[. . . ] Melitinos and [N]ichol[as . . .] line 4, cf. Berger and Jacob, “S [......] DVCTUS P(RO) RE(M)ITIO(N)[E]” 1.pg concentric circles, circles with incribed eight-petal rosette, bird, shield, standing figure with arms akimbo, standing figure with arms akimbo holding sword and shield, standing figure with small round...