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Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania

Sayı: 14 30 Kasım 2021
  • Dominique Maria Dı Caro
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Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania

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In 1930, it was discovered in the area of Via Dottor Consoli, in the northwestern sector of current urban centre of Catania, a cemetery complex used from the Hellenistic to the Byzantine era, by the Superintendence of Antiquities of Syracuse, under the direction of then Inspector G. Libertini. In that occasion, portions of the perimeter strip of a floor mosaic inside the basilica were brought to light, which during later excavation campaigns was completely excavated and detached in 1957 to be exhibited in the “salone di San Giorgio” of the Castello Ursino. Currently, it is kept in the storerooms of the ex-Manifattura Tabacchi (site of the future Regional Interdisciplinary Museum of Catania). The mosaic of the basilica nave, dated to the middle of the sixth century AD, represents common secular themes on three registers: running felids, animals in combat and the marine scene with two men on a boat in front of a dragon with red coat dotted with white eyelets. In a panel there is a snake twisted around the trunk of a tree, in my opinion, to be identified with the Tree of knowledge mentioned by the sacred texts. In the Apocalypse, “the old serpent, which is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world” (Revelation 12, 9) becomes a great red dragon, who appears in the marine scene. An interpretative reading of the mosaic is proposed in the light of the rhetorical procedure of “significant inclusion” to enhance the unity and narrative continuity between the Old and New Testament.

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Dominique Maria Dı Caro Bu kişi benim
0000-0001-6030-9841
Spain

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Kasım 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

29 Aralık 2020

Kabul Tarihi

23 Ağustos 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Sayı: 14

Kaynak Göster

APA
Dı Caro, D. M. (2021). Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania. Journal of Mosaic Research, 14, 127-137. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1012083
AMA
1.Dı Caro DM. Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania. Journal of Mosaic Research. 2021;(14):127-137. doi:10.26658/jmr.1012083
Chicago
Dı Caro, Dominique Maria. 2021. “Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania”. Journal of Mosaic Research, sy 14: 127-37. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1012083.
EndNote
Dı Caro DM (01 Kasım 2021) Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania. Journal of Mosaic Research 14 127–137.
IEEE
[1]D. M. Dı Caro, “Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania”, Journal of Mosaic Research, sy 14, ss. 127–137, Kas. 2021, doi: 10.26658/jmr.1012083.
ISNAD
Dı Caro, Dominique Maria. “Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania”. Journal of Mosaic Research. 14 (01 Kasım 2021): 127-137. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1012083.
JAMA
1.Dı Caro DM. Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania. Journal of Mosaic Research. 2021;:127–137.
MLA
Dı Caro, Dominique Maria. “Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania”. Journal of Mosaic Research, sy 14, Kasım 2021, ss. 127-3, doi:10.26658/jmr.1012083.
Vancouver
1.Dominique Maria Dı Caro. Concordantia Veteris et Novi Testamenti in the Mosaic of the Funerary Basilica of Via Dottor Consoli in Catania. Journal of Mosaic Research. 01 Kasım 2021;(14):127-3. doi:10.26658/jmr.1012083