Iscrizione greca dell’ambone di papa Giovanni VII
author: Francesca Potenza
source date: 705-707
language: en
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Ἰωάννου δούλου τῆς θεωτόκου

1 θεωτόκου inscr.: lege θεοτόκου

† (Opera su committenza) di Giovanni, servo della Theotokos

† (Work commissioned by) John, servant of the Theotokos

L’epigrafe bilingue (v. scheda nr. 011) ricorda papa Giovanni VII (705-707), committente dell’ambone marmoreo ove si trovava l’iscrizione; per un’ipotesi di ricostruzione dell’ambone, cf. [...]. Secondo Antonella Ballardini (cf. [...], p. 230), l’iscrizione greca era orientata in direzione dell’interno del recinto, verso il clero, quella latina, invece, era rivolta all’esterno, verso i fedeli riuniti nella navata. Tale epigrafe greco-latina può essere considerata un «double» epigrafico dell’iscrizione dell’oratorio della Vergine nella basilica vaticana di S. Pietro, allestito in onore della Theotokos dallo stesso papa Giovanni VII (v. schede nrr. 014-015), cf. [...], p. 608.

The bilingual inscription (see nr. 011) commemorates pope John VII (705-707), who was the patron of the marble ambo on which it appears; for a hypothetical reconstruction of the ambo, see [...]. According to Antonella Ballardini (see [...], p. 230), the Greek inscription was oriented inward, towards the clergy, whereas the Latin one faced outward, so as to be visible to the faithful gathered in the nave. This Greek-Latin titulus may be considered an epigraphic «sibling» of the inscription of the oratory of St. Mary in St. Peter’s basilica in the Vatican, which was established in honor of the Theotokos by the same pope John VII (see nrr. 014-015), see [...], p. 608.

La piattaforma ottagona fu ritrovata, spezzata, nel gennaio 1900 dall’archeologo Giacomo Boni (1859-1925) durante gli scavi che riportarono alla luce la chiesa, e più precisamente all’interno di essa, in prossimità del varco al cosiddetto bema, cf. A. Ballardini, in [...], p. 228.

The octagonal platform was discovered (in broken condition) in January 1900 by the archaeologist Giacomo Boni (1859-1925) during the excavations that brought the church to light, and in particular inside it, near the passage to the so-called bema, see A. Ballardini, in [...], p. 228.

[...], p. 305
[...], p. 432 (nr. 63)
[...], p. 124 (nr. 114)
[...], p. 228 [scheda a cura dicatalogue entry by A. Ballardini]

[...], tavv. V.2, XIX.4b
[...], pp. 411-412, 413 (fig. 320), 414 (figg. 321, 324)
[...], I, tav. XII (fig. 4b)
[...], p. 487 (tav. XVI.b)
[...], pp. 123-124 (nr. 114)
[...], pp. 100, 105 (fig. 29), 113 nn. 60-61
[...], pp. 564-565, tav. II (figg. 2-3)
[...], pp. 228-230 [scheda a cura dicatalogue entry by A. Ballardini]
[...], p. 72
[...], § 2

[...], nr. 114
[...], nr. 42932