Author: Lulof, Patricia S.
Title: The Ridge-Pole Statues from the Late Archaic Temple at Satricum.
Description: Amsterdam: Thela,1996. Hardbound. 432 pp. With 133 drawings & photographs. 19x28 cm. (Scrinium XI; Satricum V). Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. During the Late Archaic period the city of Satricum (Latium) saw the building of a monumental temple dedicated to Mater Matuta, the Latin Goddess of Birth. The temple roof was extensively decorated with painted terracotta elements and the ridge was crowned with a row of ten terracotta statues, representing a Gigantomachy. Nineteenth-century excavations, conducted almost 2500 years after sanctuary of Satricum was at its height, unearthed thousands of terracotta fragments belonging to the various roof-systems.This book presents an annotated catalogue of 387 fragments belonging to the ridge- pole status. ISBN 9789051703559.
Keywords: CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY, classical antiquity
Title: The Ridge-Pole Statues from the Late Archaic Temple at Satricum.
Description: Amsterdam: Thela,1996. Hardbound. 432 pp. With 133 drawings & photographs. 19x28 cm. (Scrinium XI; Satricum V). Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. During the Late Archaic period the city of Satricum (Latium) saw the building of a monumental temple dedicated to Mater Matuta, the Latin Goddess of Birth. The temple roof was extensively decorated with painted terracotta elements and the ridge was crowned with a row of ten terracotta statues, representing a Gigantomachy. Nineteenth-century excavations, conducted almost 2500 years after sanctuary of Satricum was at its height, unearthed thousands of terracotta fragments belonging to the various roof-systems.This book presents an annotated catalogue of 387 fragments belonging to the ridge- pole status. ISBN 9789051703559.
Keywords: CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY, classical antiquity
Price: EUR 82.00 = appr. US$ 89.12 Seller: Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag
- Book number: %23111448
- Book number: %23111448