Material on Corpus Basilicarum Cristianarum Romae
Reference code
BCR
Title
Material on Corpus Basilicarum Cristianarum Romae
Date
1957-1962
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
15 volumes
Scope and content
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, George Uvedale Spencer Corbett FSA, FRIBA, the architect, academic and former librarian of the British School at Rome (1954-7), produced fifteen notebooks of detailed notes, diagrams and sketches of the churches of Rome. This information was used for compiling the Corpus Basilicanum Cristianum Romae (1937-1977), partly in partnership with Richard Krautheimer (1897-1994).
The collection comprises fifteen notebooks containing measured drawings, with much critical annotation including references to excavations. Detailed, labelled pen and ink diagrams of the ground plans of the churches with measurements drawn on graph paper. Many diagrams accompanied by notes: assessment of the evidence he has found for the dating of a particular church; queries about the fabric of the churches that the author wishes to resolve; lists of the published literature on the churches; and lists of drawings, views and ‘ancient illustrations’. The notebooks offer a valuable insight into the author’s working practice.
The collection comprises fifteen notebooks containing measured drawings, with much critical annotation including references to excavations. Detailed, labelled pen and ink diagrams of the ground plans of the churches with measurements drawn on graph paper. Many diagrams accompanied by notes: assessment of the evidence he has found for the dating of a particular church; queries about the fabric of the churches that the author wishes to resolve; lists of the published literature on the churches; and lists of drawings, views and ‘ancient illustrations’. The notebooks offer a valuable insight into the author’s working practice.
Creator
Corbett, George Uvedale Spencer (1913-2004), architect and academic
Previous reference number(s)
MS 887
SAL/MS/887
SAL/MS/887
Archival history
Presented by George Uvedale Spencer Corbett, FSA, part author of Vols.II-V of the Corpus, July 1985.
Related units of description
The personal file of Geroge Uvedale Spencer Corbett within the Special Operations Executive is held in the National Archives (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/)
Contents
- BCR/01 - S.S. Quattro Coronati, S. Valentino, S. Teodoro
- BCR/02 - S. Giovanni in Fonte etc., S. Sebastiano
- BCR/03 - 1) S. Prisca 2) Nero ed Achilleo (Passegiata Archeologica) 3) S. Sabina 4) S. Vitale
- BCR/04 - 1) S. Saba 2) S. Stefano via Latina 3) S. Silvestro Cap.
- BCR/05 - Lateran III [‘S. Sisito Vec[chio]’ and ‘SS. Quirico & Giulitta’]
- BCR/06 - Lateran – I, 1958, V
- BCR/07 - VI, Lateran 2
- BCR/08 - VII, S. Maria Cosmedin, S. Maria Domnica, S. Stefano Rotondo, S. Prudenziana, S. Lorenzo in Lucina
- BCR/09 - VIII, S. Prudenziana, S. Prassede, [S.] Maria in via Lata
- BCR/10 - Unlabelled notebook on various churches
- BCR/11 - Unlabelled notebook on various churches
- BCR/12 - S. Giovanni in Laterano
- BCR/13 - I, a) S. Marco
- BCR/14 - II, Laterano, S. Maria [in] Cosmedin, S. Maria Antica [Antiqua], S. Lorenzo in Fonte
- BCR/15 - III, S. Pietro in Vincoli