https://antiquorum-habet.senato.it I Giubilei nella storia di Roma attraverso le raccolte librarie e documentarie del Senato Wed, 18 May 2016 10:21:17 +0000 it-IT hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://antiquorum-habet.senato.it/index.php/section/section_52_en/?id=9682 Wed, 18 May 2016 10:21:16 +0000 http://antiquorum-habet.senato.it/en/content/the-archconfraternity-of-gonfalone-and-the-christianization-of-colosseum/ Inside the Coliseum, the Arciconfraternita del Gonfalone kept a chapel under the invocation of the blessed Virgin of Mercy, which was looked after by a monk and opened to the public on solemn feast days. Founded in 1246, the Arciconfraternita was the Rome’s oldest such body, and one of its biggest too. Between 1490 and 1539, during Holy Week the Arciconfraternita put on a large and highly-evocative holy representation in the Coliseum, at not insignificant expense (more than 227 escudos in 1539), which attracted up to a hundred thousand spectators. A fresco of the city of Jerusalem, including Mount Calvary, dominated the stage. Dressed in Roman costume, actors presented the passion of Christ in great solemnity, showing every stage of the process, from flagellation to death. The representation was staged “with the utmost distinction” during the Holy Year of 1525. In 1539, however, it was banned owing to the “great unrest caused practically every time” at the end of the show, owing to the excessive emotional involvement the spectacle aroused in those who attended.

]]> https://antiquorum-habet.senato.it/index.php/section/section_52_en/?id=9684 Wed, 18 May 2016 10:21:17 +0000 http://antiquorum-habet.senato.it/en/content/the-chapel-of-the-archconfraternity-of-gonfalone-within-the-colosseum/ Inside the Coliseum, the Arciconfraternita del Gonfalone kept a chapel under the invocation of the blessed Virgin of Mercy, which was looked after by a monk and opened to the public on solemn feast days. Founded in 1246, the Arciconfraternita was the Rome’s oldest such body, and one of its biggest too. Between 1490 and 1539, during Holy Week the Arciconfraternita put on a large and highly-evocative holy representation in the Coliseum, at not insignificant expense (more than 227 escudos in 1539), which attracted up to a hundred thousand spectators. A fresco of the city of Jerusalem, including Mount Calvary, dominated the stage. Dressed in Roman costume, actors presented the passion of Christ in great solemnity, showing every stage of the process, from flagellation to death. The representation was staged “with the utmost distinction” during the Holy Year of 1525. In 1539, however, it was banned owing to the “great unrest caused practically every time” at the end of the show, owing to the excessive emotional involvement the spectacle aroused in those who attended.

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