11th c. Ravello Archway in Courtyard

Sculpture

Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

HM-327.1

Description

Courtyard Archway to Great Hall made of tufa (volcanic pumice) 327.1 has 34 blocks; base and keystone in white marble; 327.2 has double eagle keystone. 11-12th c. from a ruined church near Salerno, Italy J. H. Hammond Jr. found this archway in a backlot in Naples. The arch is reportedly from a church in Ravello, Italy, south of Pompeii. The blocks are made of volcanic pumice which originates from the area around Mt. Vesuvius. It is highly likely that this material came from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. which destroyed Pompeii and other Roman cities. 1927 Pacifici handled shipping, paid 7000 Lire Taken after 1940 installation of St. Mark statue above door

Collection

Sculpture

Acquisition

Accession

327

Made/Created

Place

Location

Italian

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

$400 in 1927/1928 $5000 in 2019

General Notes

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1977 Hammond Castle Souvenir Guidebk by N R Kline, J J Bolten (21)

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JHHJr diary p616 1927-03-23 (Sicily, buys Byzantine Christ, Naples, finds doors, buys Ephebus)

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1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (27)

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1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (28)

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2016-04-01 Pettibone & Easton - Castle Guide, draft 3 p(26)

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2006-02-03 artifact list w 1983 values, copy (1)

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1951 Tour Manual 009

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

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1937-10-21 to Dr Francis Taylor (sources of tile & marbles), pg (1-3)

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1927-06-01 from Gennaro de Angelis, Rome (Stein, HM126 door w bronze fittings)