| Early Christian Chapels in the West: Decoration, Function, and Patronage Subjects: Chapels -- Italy -- History -- To 1500; Mausoleums -- Italy -- History -- To 1500; Saints -- Cult -- Italy -- History -- To 1500; Gillian Mackie examines the decorative schemes, now often the only way to determine the function, patronage, and meaning of the building, of surviving early medieval chapels built in Italy and Istria from AD312-740. Mackie Gillian : Gillian Mackie is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of History in Art at the University of Victoria. |