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Revision as of 00:26, 1 January 2025 by MaybeItsBecauseImALondoner (talk | contribs) (Translation of it:Joseph Wilpert)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Joseph Wilpert (22 August 1856 - 13 February 1944) was a German archaeologist, Roman Catholic priest and scholar of iconography.
He was born in Bauerwitz (now in Poland) and moved to Rome to specialise in the study of canon law. There he met Giovanni Battista de Rossi, who convinced him to dedicate himself to study the iconography of the early Christian cemeteries of Rome. He was passionate about drawing and produced more than 600 reproductions of the cemeteries' frescoes based on photographs. He died in Rome.
Works
In Germany
- Topographische Studien über die christlichen Monumente der Appia und der Ardeatina (1901).
- Zur Entdeckung der «Crypta Damasi» (1903).
- Beiträge zur christlichen Archäologie (1908).
- Die römischen Mosaiken und Malereien der kirchlichen Bauten vom IV. bis XIII. Jahrhundert (1916).
- Erlebnisse und Ergebnisse im Dienste der christlichen Archäologie (1930).
In Italian
- Le pitture delle catacombe romane (1903), 2 vv.
- La scoperta delle basiliche cimiteriali dei SS. Marco, Marcelliano e Damaso (1903).
- La cripta dei Papi e la cappella di S. Cecilia nel cimitero di S. Callisto (1910).
- I sarcofagi cristiani antichi (1929).
- La fede nella Chiesa nascente, secondo i monumenti dell'arte funeraria antica (1938).
External links
- (in German) "Biography and Bibliography".