Iscrizione latina dell’ambone di papa Giovanni VII
author: Francesca Potenza
source date: 705-707
language: en
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[, con piccoli ritocchi, with minor changes]

Iohannes servus sanctae Mariae

† Giovanni, servo di santa Maria

† John, servant of holy Mary

L’epigrafe bilingue (v. scheda nr. 010) 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 latina era rivolta all’esterno del recinto, verso i fedeli riuniti nella navata, quella greca, invece, era orientata in direzione dell’interno del recinto, verso il clero. 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. 010) 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 Latin inscription was oriented outward, so as to be visible to the faithful gathered in the nave, whereas the Greek inscription faced inward, towards the clergy. 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. 228 [scheda a cura dicatalogue entry by A. Ballardini]

[...], tavv. V.1, XIX.4a
[...], pp. 411-412, 413 (fig. 320), 415 (figg. 326, 327)
[...], pp. 48-49 (nr. 2)
[...], I, tav. XII (fig. 4a)
[...], p. 487 (tav. XVI.b)
[...], p. 123
[...], pp. 100, 105 (fig. 29), 113 nn. 60-61
[...], pp. 564-565, tav. II (figg. 2-5)
[...], pp. 228-230 [scheda a cura dicatalogue entry by A. Ballardini]
[...], p. 72
[...], § 2

[...], nr. 42932