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DefinitionMedieval capital
MaterialWhite marble
Amount1
Length (cm)12.5
Height (cm)
Width (cm)12.5
Depth (cm)12.0
Thickness (cm)
Diameter (cm)
State of ConservationThe fragment sufferd major breaks on all sides. Traces of mortar cling to all its surfaces suggesting that it was later reused as building material.
DescriptionAE 933, 1050 and AE 1134 are volutes from the corners of capitals in the Corinthian style. The volutes begin as thick squared tendrils where they sprang from the body of the capital. After the first half-revolution, the tendrils narrow significantly and their profiles peak. The scrolls terminate in large, flat, disk-shaped eyes.
ComparandaSimilar volutes were unearthed at S. Vincenzo al Volturno and favorably compared by John Mitchell to the capitals that topped the columns of the canopy over the font of the patriarch Callixtus at the cathedral of Cividale (Michell,
NotesAE 933 and AE 1134; The spiral terminating in a flat, disk-like eye can also be seen on AE 556, AE 825, AE 1049, AE 1061b, AE 1134.