San Vincenzo al Volturno 2: The 1980-86 Excavations Part II

This volume presents the second part of the detailed report on the British School at Rome’s excavations between 1980 and 1986 at the early medieval Benedictine abbey of San Vincenzo in Molise, central Italy. It contains discussion of the Vestibule, the Assembly Room containing the reconstructed wall of painted prophets, the Refectory, the terraces, the hilltop cemetery, and the late Roman settlement. It also includes essays on the historical context of the site: “Christians and countrymen’
(Samuel Barnish) , "Monastic lands and monastic patrons’ (Chris Wickham) , and "San Vincenzo and the Plan of Saint Gall’ (Richard Hodges) .