Italian Marble Arch (Bari Window)

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Italian Marble Arch ("Bari Window")

Entry/Object ID

HM-297

Tags

Pacifici purchase

Description

Bishop's Nook Arch aka the "Bari window" From Lecce (near Bari) Italy (referred to as Bari window in Hammond correspondence) Archivolt and tympanum and columns. Inner archivolt of interlace design. Outer archivolt, wave pattern. Tympanum of basket-weave pattern. Supporting columns large interlace design. Romanesque-Byzantine style Italian Marble, reportedly 9-10th c but 2023 scholarship dates re-carving to 20th c 1928 Pacifici purchase

Collection

Sculpture

Acquisition

Accession

297

Source (if not Accessioned)

Amando Pacifici

Made/Created

Notes

Date: ca. 9th-10th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Arch

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Provenance

Notes

Bishop's Screen 3300 lire ($157.89 in 1930, $2,615.01 in 2021) Columns 400 lire ($21.05 in 1930, $355.01 in 2021)

General Notes

Note Type

1929-05-12 from Armando Pacifici (Shipping Arrangements - Bari Window, columns, sarcophagus)

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1929-05-14 from D C Andrew and Co (marble, Bari window, sarcophagus shipping)

Note Type

1929-06-25 from Pacifici (Bari window, Vincensos sarcophagus, Jandolo) p(1)

Note Type

1929-05-14 from D C Andrew and Co (marble, Bari window, sarcophagus shipping)

Note Type

1929-05-13 from Pacifici (Bari window, columns, sarcophagus)

Note Type

1929-05-12 from Pacifici (Bari window, columns, sarcophagus shipping)

Note Type

1929-04-04 from Pacifici (Bari window, Perugian sarcophagus, cinerary urn)

Note Type

1929-06-25 from Pacifici (Bari window, Vincensos sarcophagus, Jandolo)

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (17)

Note Type

1928-11-24 from Armando Pacifici (windows, capitals, all purchases to date) p (1-2)

Note Type

1928-12-24 from Armando Pacifici (sarcophagus, Perugia, Piraino, Bari)

Note Type

1929-06-02 to H P Benton (shipping, Bari window, sarcophagus, columns)

Note Type

2025-07-07 Cohon carving info (Perugian sarcophagus, Bari Window, Bishop's chair)