CHARLEMAGNES BLACK STONES - THE REUSE OF ROMAN COLUMNS IN EARLY-MEDIEVAL EUROPE

Authors
PEACOCK DPS
Citation
Dps. Peacock, CHARLEMAGNES BLACK STONES - THE REUSE OF ROMAN COLUMNS IN EARLY-MEDIEVAL EUROPE, Antiquity, 71(273), 1997, pp. 709-715
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
Antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003598X
Volume
71
Issue
273
Year of publication
1997
Pages
709 - 715
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-598X(1997)71:273<709:CBS-TR>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
What were the 'black stones' about which Charlemagne wrote to King Off a of Mercia just before AD 800? How do these special blocks fit into t he broader pattern in re-using Roman columns in early medieval buildin gs?