A photograph of fragment 010g of the forma urbis romae severan marble plan. A domus in the subura of rome from the republic through. 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 architecture and the forma urbis romae foriimperiali. The digital forma urbis severiana caa 2018 conference. Piecing together a plan of ancient rome off the grid gimme middle paleolithic shelter. Apr 26, 2015 ste trombetti draws my attention to the existence of a pdf of 19th century archaeologist r. Courtesy, rodrigo abela forma urbis romae, synopsis of plates ixlvi. The forma urbis romae, or severan marble plan, was a giant marble map of rome constructed.
Creating a layered history of rome james tice, university of oregon abstract. Severan marble plan forma urbis romae article khan academy. We have digitized the 3d shape, surface appearance, and incisions of the. Dispositio and city in the twentieth century fragment and composition.
Ci occupiamo di archeologia in italia e allestero collaborando con le istituzioni preposte alla ricerca. Sovrintendenza di roma capitale servizio territorio. A digital extension of a roman cartographic classic. The forma urbis romae by rodolfo lanciani is a detailed map of all the ancient ruins in rome as of 18931901 when it was first published. The project digital forma urbis romae spotlight at stanford. This fragment is roughly 3 feet across, which is 640 feet on the ground, and it weighs about 150 pounds. The forma urbis romae was created under the reign of the emperor septimius severus r. Scholar matteo cadario gives specific years of 205208, noting that the map was based on property records. Severan marble plan forma urbis romae smarthistory. 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. 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.
The severan marble plan was created at the beginning of the third century a. 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. The forma urbis romae consists of 46 separate plates covering most of the central parts of rome. Rendered at a scale of approximately 1 to 240, the severan marble plan was engraved on 150 marble slabs and originally measured approximately 60 by 43 feet 18.
Forma urbis romae are used with permission o f professor. 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. 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. It originally measured 18 m 60 ft wide by m 45 ft high and was carved into 150 marble slabs mounted on an interior wall of the temple of peace. The project is ongoing and has not yet reached its. Nonrigid rangescan alignment using thinplate splines. If youre seeing this message, it means were having trouble loading external resources on our website. Inscriptiones christianae urbis romae septimo saeculo antiquiores. In a hall next to the temple, was the famous large marble plan of the ancient rome, known as the forma urbis romae. 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. University of michigan 1996 1 note that this number is inexact.
The forma urbis romae project while in italy, professor levoy and his students also scanned fragments of the forma urbis romae, a huge marble map from the 3rd century ad that is now a. The marble plan was created by copying the information from the offical records onto the marble slabs. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Merge in a single triangulated surface with no redundancy registration independent scans are defined in coordinate spaces which depend on the spatial. Forma urbis romae, other images sources photo archive. Some fragments have been cemented together in modern times, not all pieces may. Computeraided reconstruction and new matches in the forma. No place offers the same enduring importance for western history and culture as the city of rome. 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. Cs 106b march, 2015 looking ahead looking ahead eric roberts cs 106b march, 2015. Scanning the fragments makes it possible to use computational techniques to reassemble the pieces of the puzzle. Stanford digital forma urbis romae project the severan marble.
Using advanced gis technology and accepted scholarly methods, this multidisciplinary project intends to create a layered history of rome by updating forma urbis romae, the cartographic. This site is dedicated to exploring the forma urbis romae, or severan marble plan of rome. Piecing together a plan of ancient rome archaeology. The severan marble plan and the urban form of ancient rome diss. Reassembling fractured objects by geometric matching. Although only 10% of this artifact survives, it offers a unique view of the urban fabric of ancient rome. Central to this investigation is the forma urbis romae by rodolfo. It was positioned on a wall still preserved as the actual facade of the church of the saints cosmas and damian. The project digital forma urbis romae spotlight at.
Graphics research availability of complex datasets drives research. This giant wall map of rome depicted every ground floor room in the city. The forma urbis romae project while in italy, professor levoy and his students also scanned fragments of the forma urbis romae, a huge marble map from the 3rd century ad that is now a jigsaw puzzle with 1,186 pieces. Severan marble plan forma urbis romae article khan. Icur inscriptiones christianae urbis romae center for. Enormous in size and astonishingly detailed, it contains irreplaceable information about the city in the early 3rd c. 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. Schutz was responsible for producing all the relevant pdffiles and for. The severan marble plan and the urban form of ancient rome. It is also possible to combine temporal and typological information so.
Ceits famous monuments and its lesserknown neighborhoods, its major streets and its back alleys, its commercial infrastructure and its religious life. First, this project was at the edge of what we consider currently feasible using fielddeployable scanning and computer technology. 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. Forma urbis romae pianta monumentale di roma per il grande. Rodolfo lanciani, forma urbis roma milan, 18931901. Rodolfo amadeo lanciani, italian archaeologist, topographer, and authority on ancient rome who discovered many antiquities at rome, tivoli, and ostia.
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. This page was last edited on 6 january 2019, at 21. The forma urbis romae or severan marble plan is a crucial resource for studying the ancient city of rome. Media in category forma urbis the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total.
Stanford digital forma urbis romae project the severan. Measuring 60 feet by 43 feet, the map was incised onto 150 marble blocks arranged in 11 rows, and represented an area of over five square miles at a scale of 1. Although our digitization of the forma urbis romae was successful see figure 5, we faced many logistical problems that future digitizing projects may encounter, so it is worthwhile briefly enumerating them. Digitizing the forma urbis romae computer graphics.
Hadrians dispositio in the modern architecture against vitruvius. When the mesh is diced, the overlapping area must be large enough. Rodolfo amadeo lanciani italian archaeologist britannica. Original edition of forma urbis romae has been published by regia accademia dei lincei in parts from 1893 to 1901. If youre behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains. 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. Computeraided reconstruction and new matches in the forma urbis romae david koller and marc levoy, stanford university bullettino della commissione archeologica comunale di roma, supplementi 15, pp. The severan marble plan of rome forma urbis romae digital. Sovrintendenza di roma capitale servizio territorio, carta. Marc levoy stanford digital forma urbis romae project.
Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. The foundation field of the architecture charles correa and the mandala. 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 massive marble map of ancient rome. It bears evidence to three millennia of human ambitions, secular and spiritual, and evolving patterns of social and political organization. Forma urbis romae pianta monumentale di roma per il. Instead of using a nonrigid warp, the pair of range scans to be aligned are diced into a number of overlapping pieces, which are then globally aligned to each other. The digital forma urbis severiana caa proceedings online. S by lanciani, rodolfo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Finally, stanfords digital forma urbis romae project koller and levoy 2005 deals with heavily eroded fragments, whose fracture surfaces sometimes do not even touch each other. Stanford digital forma urbis romae project the digital. 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 stanford digital forma urbis romae project provides digital scans of 1,186 fragments of the severan marble plan of the city of rome known as the forma urbis romae.
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