The Sarcophagus and the Latin Verse Inscription of Lollia Procla (CIL V 6693 = CLE 610): A Multisensory Deposition. The white marble sarcophagus of Lollia Procla, a young woman who died on the verge of marriageable age, today at the Museum "C. Leone" of Vercelli, can be dated to a period included between the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 4th c. AD. This piece, well known from the end of the 18th century because it was reused as a fountain in the garden of the Friars of the Consolata in Vercelli, belongs to the typology of sarcophagi with tabula ansata supported by two mourning erotes, a common schema in the Cisalpine region. Stefano Rocchi presents a new critical edition, based on a recent autoptic analysis, an interpretative translation and a philological commentary on the inscribed text, with particular attention to the multisensory aspects evoked by the carmen (sounds, colours, materiality of the stone). Maria Elena Gorrini provides historical-archaeological considerations, starting precisely from the new translation, in an attempt to insert the monument within the frame of the other Cisalpine sarcophagi. An Appendix with the results of an hyperspectral photographic campaign, executed by Mario Colella, concludes the contribution.
Il sarcofago e il carme di Lollia Procla (CIL V 6693 = CLE 610): una deposizione multisensoriale
Rocchi, Stefano
;Colella, Mario
2025-01-01
Abstract
The Sarcophagus and the Latin Verse Inscription of Lollia Procla (CIL V 6693 = CLE 610): A Multisensory Deposition. The white marble sarcophagus of Lollia Procla, a young woman who died on the verge of marriageable age, today at the Museum "C. Leone" of Vercelli, can be dated to a period included between the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 4th c. AD. This piece, well known from the end of the 18th century because it was reused as a fountain in the garden of the Friars of the Consolata in Vercelli, belongs to the typology of sarcophagi with tabula ansata supported by two mourning erotes, a common schema in the Cisalpine region. Stefano Rocchi presents a new critical edition, based on a recent autoptic analysis, an interpretative translation and a philological commentary on the inscribed text, with particular attention to the multisensory aspects evoked by the carmen (sounds, colours, materiality of the stone). Maria Elena Gorrini provides historical-archaeological considerations, starting precisely from the new translation, in an attempt to insert the monument within the frame of the other Cisalpine sarcophagi. An Appendix with the results of an hyperspectral photographic campaign, executed by Mario Colella, concludes the contribution.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
