Giovanni Giustino Ciampini (born Rome, 1633; died there 1698) was an ecclesiastical

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Biography

He graduated from the University of Macerata as a student of law but soon devoted himself to archaeological interests, which an important office (Magister brevium gratiæ) in the

Apostolic Chancery The Apostolic ChanceryCanon 260, ''Code of Canon Law'' of 1917, translated by Edward N. Peters, Ignatius Press, 2001. ( la, Cancellaria Apostolica; also known as the "Papal" or "Roman Chanc(ell)ery") was a dicastery of the Roman Curia at the serv ...

permitted him to pursue. He devoted himself to the collection of books, coins, and statues, and to the creation of scientific circles for the development of

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learning; thus he founded, in 1671, a society for ecclesiastical history and, in 1679, an academy of the sciences, the latter under the patronage of his friend,

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. He continued the school of archaeological research begun by Onofrio Panvinio and

Antonio Bosio Antonio Bosio (c. 1575 or 1576 – 1629) was a Maltese scholar, the first systematic explorer of subterranean Rome (the "Columbus of the Catacombs"), author of ''Roma Sotterranea'' and first urban spelunker. Life Bosio was born in Malta, ...

, and carried on a smaller scale by Fabretti, Boldetti, and Bottari, and later

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and Giovanni Battista de Rossi. Apart from some minor archaeological studies (1693), he has left two illustrated works: * "''De sacris aedificiis a Constantino magno constructis''", published in 1693 in Rome, is a history of the ancient churches East and West built by Emperor

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* "''Vetera monimenta in quibus praecipua . . . musiva opera . . . illustrantur''", published in two volumes in 1690–99 in Rome, is a history of the art of mosaics Both works contain good illustrations of many ancient Christian edifices and mosaics that have since perished or suffered change and deterioration. Many of his drawings were copies or based on previous works, such as by

Giacomo Grimaldi Giacomo Grimaldi (November 1568 – 7 January 1623) was an Italian historian and Vatican archivist, who lived in the early 17th century. Biography His principal surviving works deal with the Roman Catholic Church. Several papal tombs in old St. ...

. His works were edited (Rome, 1747) in three volumes by

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Gallery

File:De sacris aedificiis a Costantino Magno constructis synopsis historica pag. 17 Tab. V.jpg, View of the Lateran, from "''De sacris...''" (1693) File:De sacris aedificiis a Costantino Magno constructis synopsis historica pag. 56 Tab. XV.jpg, Interior of old St. Peter's Basilica, from "''De sacris...''" (1693)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciampini 1633 births 1698 deaths Italian archaeologists