Charlemagne and Rome : Alcuin and the epitaph of Pope Hadrian I /
Joanna Story.
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 403 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Medieval history and archaeology Oxford scholarship online .
- Medieval history and archaeology. Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Using a vast range of sources and methods, from art history, epigraphy, palaeography, geology, archaeology, and architectural history, to close reading of contemporary texts in prose and verse, this book presents a detailed 'object biography', contextualising Hadrian's epitaph in its historical and physical setting at St Peter's over 800 years.
Specialized.
9780191874567 No price
10.1093/oso/9780199206346.001.0001 doi
Adrian I, Pope, -795 --Tomb. Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814. Alcuin, 735-804.