Disegni, e spiegazione della Fonderia principio, e dates della Campana di S. Pietro

Transport of the bell, drawing in Valadier's handwriting

Disegni e spiegazione della Fonderia principio, e termine della Campana di S. Pietro ( Giuseppe Valadier book about the bell-casting ; Iron Library , Mss 13) refers to a richly-illustrated, exceptional manuscript that in 1786 over the casting of the bell for the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome made has been.

history

Suspension of the Campanone in St. Peter's Basilica

The Campanone with a diameter of 2.31 meters, by far the largest bell of St. Peter's Basilica. The order for the 8,950 kilogram bell was placed by Pope Pius VI. granted to Luigi Valadier (1726–1785). This died while working. His son Giuseppe (1762–1839) completed the work and in 1786 completed the manuscript.

The manuscript was acquired in Bern in 1948 by the iron library of Georg Fischer AG .

description

The work has 33 sheets with the dimensions 33 × 24.5 centimeters. Writing material is paper . The manuscript contains 14 watercolored pen drawings , which show the manufacture of the bell in detail. Each drawing is accompanied by a descriptive text. This is structured in the form of a legend .

• Disegni, e spiegazione. Front page with coat of arms
• Pianta della Fonderia Valadier. Supervision plan of the Valadier foundry with legend
• Spaccato della Fonderia Valadier. Longitudinal section of the foundry with legend
• Spaccato della Fonderia Valadier. Cross-section of the foundry through the furnace and the casting pit with legend
• Inizio della preparazione della forma della campana. Preparation of the bell shape with legend
• Il maschio della campana. Lifting the template from the bell core with legend
• La preparazione della decorazione. Applying the decorations to the lost form with legend
• Lo stampo della campana avvolto nella sua camicia di fusione. The finished shape of the bell with a legend
• Il castello per movimentare lo stampo della campana. The hoist over the form with legend
• La rimozione della camicia. Highlighting the shape with legend
• Fusion of the bronzo. Melting the bronze with legend
• La campana ultimata. The finished bell with a description of the decorations
• Il trasporto della campana. Transport of the bell on a sledge with description
• La benedizione della campana nel portico di San Pietro in Vaticano. The consecration of the bell with description
• La facciata della basilica vaticana. Facade of St. Peter's Basilica with text

Web links

• e-codices: Schlatt, Eisenbibliothek, Mss 13. Disegni, e spiegazione della Fonderia principio, e dates della Campana di S. Pietro, fusa dal Cavalier Luigi Valadier, e Giuseppe di lui figlio nell'anno 1786 - per ordine di NS PP. Pio Sesto ... (digitized version)

literature

• Clemens Moser: Giuseppe Valadier's book about the bell casting. In: Ferrum. News from the iron library 61. Schlatt 1989, p. 92 f.
• José Luis Alonso Ponga: Vox Dei ac vox populi. Le campane the San Pietro in Vaticano. Edizioni Capitolo Vaticano (ECV), Vatican 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Appendice I - Il manoscritto di Giuseppe Valadier della Biblioteca Ferra di Sciafussa. In: Vox Dei nac vox populi. Pp. 127-157.