PROGRAM OF LESSONS AND VISITS FOR THE COURSE OF INITIATION 2010-2011

November
Saturday 6:     9:30 – 11:30 am. A. M. Ramieri, Inauguration of the course:
introduction to Christian Archaeology
Saturday 13:   9:30 – 11:30 am. S. Heid, the Hagiography and the Liturgy of Rome
Saturday 20:   9:30 – 11:30 am. A. M. Ramieri, Laws and Funeral Rites
Saturday 27:   9:30 am. Visit to the Necropolis of Isola Sacra in Porto (departure from S. Maria Maggiore, opposite the Hotel Mecenate)

December
Saturday 4:    9:30 – 11:30 am. O. Brandt, Peter and Paul in Rome
Saturday 18:  9:30 – 11:30 am. L. Spera, The Christianization of Rome: Time             and Form

January
Saturday 8:   9:30 am. Visit to the Crypta Baldi Museum (meet at Via Botteghe Oscure, at the entrance of the museum.)
Saturday 15: 9:30 – 11:30 am. L. Dattrino, Patristic Sources
Saturday 22: 9:30 – 11:30 am. Ph. Pergola, From the Ancient City to the Christian City

February
Saturday 5: 9:30 – 11:30 am. V. Fiocchi Nicolai, The Catacombs, Origins and
Typology. The Tombs of the Martyrs Up to the Transfer
Saturday 12: 9:30 am. Visit to Coemeterium Maius (meet at Via
Asmara 6)
Saturday 19: 9:30 – 11:30 am. F. Guibaldi, Buildings and Places of Worship
Before and After the Peace of Constantine
Saturday 26: 9:30 am. Visit to San Martin ai Monti (meet in front of the church at Viale del Monte Oppio, 28)

March
Saturday 5: 9:30 – 11:30 am. D. Mazzoleni, The Origins and Development of Christian Epigraphy
Saturday 12: 9:30 am. Visit to the Lapidary of S. Maria in Trastevere (meet in front of the piazza S. Maria in Trastevere)
Saturday 26: 9:30 – 11:30 am. F. Bisconti, Reading the Ancient Image: Paintings, Mosaics, and Sarcophagi.

April
Saturday 2: 9:30 am. Visit to the Catacomb of Commodilla (appointment at Via delle Sette Chiese, 42)
Saturday 9: 9:30 am. Exams