Joseph connors general bibliography on the revival of the antique. The forma urbis romae or severan marble plan is a crucial resource for studying the ancient city of rome. Forma urbis romae project 1 20022015 biographical historical forma urbis romae, or severan marble plan of rome, is an enormous map, measuring approximately 18. Measuring 60 feet across, 45 feet high, and 24 inches thick, it once graced the back wall of the roman census bureau, in the templum pacis. It reveals more comprehensive and detailed information about the historical. The severan marble plan of rome forma urbis romae digital. Rodolfo amadeo lanciani italian archaeologist britannica. University of michigan 1996 1 note that this number is inexact. The severan marble plan and the urban form of ancient rome phd diss. Ci occupiamo di archeologia in italia e allestero collaborando con le istituzioni preposte alla ricerca. Stanford digital forma urbis romae project the severan. The forma vrbis romae, map of rome with significant monuments created for the great jubilee of the year 2000 desires to be a tribute to the holy father from the vatican library, showing rome on the threshold of the third millennium. A version of this paper was also presented at the conference formae urbis romae nuove scoperte at the istituto archaeologico germanico in rome, march 3, 2004.
Restricted to current um faculty, staff, and students pdf file. In this paper, we describe our efforts to apply computeraided reconstruction algorithms to find new matches and positionings among the fragments of the forma urbis romae. It was positioned on a wall still preserved as the actual facade of the church of the saints cosmas and damian. The forma urbis romae or severan marble plan is a massive marble map of ancient rome, created under the emperor septimius severus between 203 and. It bears evidence to three millennia of human ambitions, secular and spiritual, and evolving patterns of social and political organization. Digitizing the forma urbis romae computer graphics. As far as we are aware, our printing of that file in 2008 is the first time the map. Huelsen, christian carl friedrich, 1858publication date. Koller institute for advanced technology in the humanities, university of virginia, usa the severan marble plan t he severan marble plan of rome, or forma urbis romae, was an enormous map of the. We have digitized the 3d shape, surface appearance, and incisions of the. The forma urbis romae, or severan marble plan, was a giant marble map of rome constructed. Severan marble plan forma urbis romae article khan academy.
No place offers the same enduring importance for western history and culture as the city of rome. Rodolfo lanciani forma urbis romae con imagenes roma. This giant wall map of rome depicted every ground floor room in the city. The forma urbis romae is a splendid cartographic exemplar, printed in serial installments over a tenyear period leading up to its definitive publication in 1901. Frammenti della forma urbis con portico di ottavia. Forma urbis romae pianta monumentale di roma per il grande. Rendered at a scale of approximately 1 to 240, the severan marble plan was engraved on 150 marble slabs and originally. The digital forma urbis severiana caa proceedings online. In a hall next to the temple, was the famous large marble plan of the ancient rome, known as the forma urbis romae. This essay tries to explain why the fragments of the forma urbis were discovered in the sixteenth century and only published in the eighteenth. The example comes from the project stanford digital forma urbis romae project under the auspices of sovraintendenza ai beni culturali del comune of rome. Ledizione originale della forma urbis romae di rodolfo lanciani e stata pubblicata sotto gli auspici della regia accademia dei lincei in fascicoli tra il 1893 e il 1901. The severan marble plan and the urban form of ancient rome diss. Forma urbis romae lancianis forma urbis romae is a cartographic synthesis of the history of rome, as it depicts the citys diachronic development from ancient to postclassical phases.
The forma urbis romae, or severan marble plan of rome is an enormous map, measuring ca. S by lanciani, rodolfo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The marble plan was created by copying the information from the official records onto the marble slabs. Publication date 1896 publisher berolini, reimer collection. If youre behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains. It originally measured 18 m 60 feet wide by m 45 feet high and was carved into 150 marble slabs mounted on an interior wall of the temple of peace. Forma urbis romae antiquae by kiepert, heinrich, 18181899. Some fragments have been cemented together in modern times, not all pieces may.
Download it for free as a printable pdf or digital image for vtt. The forma urbis romae project will provide scholars with an innovative tool to study the complex urban fabric of rome as it has evolved over three millennia. The forma urbis romae, also called the severan marble plan, is one of the key source documents of ancient roman topography carettoni60. The contribution of this dissertation, apart from being a recent and wideranging study of the plan in english, lies in reynolds attempt to chart new ground in the study of the plan and the urban fabric of rome. Using state of the art gis technology and user interface design for mobile and web, the project will allow users to examine the city, historic layer by historic layer, uncovering its. Courtesy, rodrigo abela forma urbis romae, plate i. The architecture and the forma urbis romae foriimperiali.
Apr 26, 2015 ste trombetti draws my attention to the existence of a pdf of 19th century archaeologist r. Forma urbis romae rome 1960 reynolds 1996 reynolds, d. The forma urbis romae or severan marble plan is a massive marble map of ancient rome, created under the emperor septimius severus between 203 and 211. The forma urbis romae was created under the reign of the emperor septimius severus r. The severan marble plan and the urban form of ancient rome. Original edition of forma urbis romae has been published by regia accademia dei lincei in parts from 1893 to 1901. This site is dedicated to exploring the forma urbis romae, or severan marble plan of rome. Stanford digital forma urbis romae project the digital. Rodolfo amadeo lanciani, italian archaeologist, topographer, and authority on ancient rome who discovered many antiquities at rome, tivoli, and ostia. The investigators created threedimensional scans of the existing fragments and have inserted them into a digital slab map. Frammenti della forma urbis con portico di ottavia, 180.
The forma urbis romae, or severan marble plan, was a giant marble map of rome constructed in the early 3rd century during the reign of septimius severus, and is a primary source of topographical knowledge of the ancient city. Computeraided reconstruction and new matches in the forma. Severan marble plan forma urbis romae smarthistory. This site is dedicated to the study of ancient greek poetry from the epics to anacreontics. Forma urbis romae metadata this file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it.
Severan marble plan forma urbis romae article khan. Stanford digital forma urbis romae project a project that digitally reconstructs an ancient marble map of the city of rome. The other forma urbis romae was the marble plan, whose sole purpose was to decorate a wall in the room that was devoted to the storage and use of the real cadastral records. Pdf the forma urbis romae before nolli william stenhouse. Piecing together a plan of ancient rome archaeology. The severan marble plan of rome also known as the forma urbis romae was a carved plan of the city of rome produced during the first decade of the third century c. The capacious map, which measures approximately 17 x 24 feet, is rendered at the scale of 1. View forma urbis romae research papers on academia. Scholar matteo cadario gives specific years of 205208, noting that the map was based on property records. Enormous in size and astonishingly detailed, it contains irreplaceable information about the city in the early 3rd c. Ce, the large marble plan of rome variously referred to as the severan marble plan, the forma urbis romae fur, the pianta marmorea pm, or as the forma urbis marmorea fum depicted in astounding detail the ground plan of all architectural features in the ancient city. Piecing together a plan of ancient rome off the grid gimme middle paleolithic shelter.
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