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Why did the twelfth-century canons at the Lateran church (San Giovanni in Laterano) in Rome claim the presence of the Ark of the Covenant inside their high altar? This book argues that the claim responded to new challenges in the aftermath of the First Crusade in 1099. The Christian possession of Jerusalem questioned the legitimation of the papal cathedral in Rome as the summit of sacerdotal representation. To meet this challenge, what may be described as translatio templi (the transfer of the temple) was used to strengthen the status of the Lateran. The Ark of the Covenant was central as part of the treasure from the Jerusalem temple, allegedly transported to Rome, and according to contemporary accounts depicted on the arch of Titus. The author explores the history of the Lateran Ark of the Covenant through a reading of the description of the Lateran Church (Descriptio Lateranensis Ecclesiae), composed around 1100. She follows the transmission of the text both in the Lateran Archive and in a monastic settings in northern France and Belgium, comparing the claim to the Ark with similar claims in texts from Jerusalem. The book also includes a new edition of the Descriptio and an English translation.

Ark of the Covenant --- Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano --- History --- Roma --- Latran --- Reliques --- Arche d'alliance --- Ark of the Covenant. --- History. --- Mercy seat --- Jews --- Tabernacle --- Worship in the Bible --- Yom Kippur --- Antiquities --- Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano --- Basilique St Jean de Latran --- San Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica : Rome, Italy) --- S. Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica : Rome, Italy) --- Basilica del Laterano (Rome, Italy) --- Basilica Salvatoris (Rome, Italy) --- Saint John Lateran (Basilica : Rome, Italy) --- St. John's in the Lateran (Basilica : Rome, Italy) --- Rome (City). --- Arch of Titus. --- Descriptio Lateranensis Ecclesiae. --- First Crusade. --- Historical accounts. --- Holy Relics. --- Jerusalem. --- Lateran Church. --- Legitimation. --- Temple transfer. --- Tradition. --- Translatio templi. --- Laterano

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Counter-Reformation --- Religious architecture --- Rome, San Giovanni in Laterano --- Iconography --- History of civilization --- Clement VIII [Pope] --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Rome --- Church decoration and ornament --- -Christian art and symbolism --- -Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Religious art, Christian --- Sacred art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Art --- Symbolism --- Christian antiquities --- Church ornament --- Ecclesiastical decoration and ornament --- Decoration and ornament --- Interior decoration --- Religious articles --- Christian art and symbolism --- Clement VIII, Pope --- -Art patronage --- Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano --- Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano --- Basilique St Jean de Latran --- San Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica : Rome, Italy) --- S. Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica : Rome, Italy) --- Basilica del Laterano (Rome, Italy) --- Basilica Salvatoris (Rome, Italy) --- Saint John Lateran (Basilica : Rome, Italy) --- St. John's in the Lateran (Basilica : Rome, Italy) --- Rome (City). --- Rome (Italy) --- -Buildings, structures, etc --- -Clement VIII, Pope --- -Church ornament --- Art, Christian --- Religious art --- Clement --- Aldobrandini, Ippolito, --- Clemens --- Art patronage. --- Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano. --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- 1450-1600 (Renaissance) --- Italy --- Clement VIII --- Art patronage --- Christian art and symbolism - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - Italy - Rome. --- Church decoration and ornament - Italy - Rome. --- Symbolism in art --- Clément --- Christelijke kunst