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The Raterian iconography or Civitas Veronensis Depicta is the oldest known depiction of the city of Verona. Dating from the first half of the 10th century, it was found by a Benedictine monk from Lobbes Abbey (Belgium) in a medieval codex that also contained the Rhythmus Pipinianus. That codex had belonged to Ratherius, bishop of the city between July 932 and 968. Since the codex was lost following the passage of French revolutionary troops,[1] the one that exists today is a copy made by Scipione Maffei, an 18th-century scholar from Verona.[2]
The iconography also contains the following description of the Arena of Verona:
- Dedalea factum arte viisque tetris
nobile, praecipuum, memorabile, grande theatrum,
- ad decus exstructum, sacra Verona, tuum.
Magna Verona, vale, valeas per secula semper
- et celebrent gentes nomen in orbe tuum.
with dark galleries and art worthy of Daedalus,
the noble, distinguished, memorable, great theater [the Arena],
built according to your prestige, sacred Verona.
Great Verona, farewell, you live forever through the centuries
and may all the nations of the world celebrate your name.
—Civitas Veronensis depicta or Raterian iconography
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Napione, Ettore; Arzone, Antonella. L'Iconografia rateriana.
- ^ Venturini (2013, p. 42).
Bibliography
[edit]- Venturini, Leonardo (2013). Santo Stefano in Verona. Verona: Scripta edizioni. ISBN 978-88-96162-94-1.
