George

Name of structure: George
Extended name of structure: The Rotunda
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Greece
Region within country or main area: Macedonia
City or area within region: Thessaloniki
Date of structure: c. 300, converted to church in about 400 or 450 (possibly 6C)
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Dome; lunettes at the base of the dome; barrel vaults of the rectangular bays.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Dome: 3 registers (from the bottom): (1) 8 panels with buildings, 2 saints; (2) traces of flora and figures; (3) angels, christ, flora, stars.
Lunettes and vaults: geometrical patterns, flora, fauna.
Date of mosaic: 5C (6C)
Century of mosaic 1: 5 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 AD
Silver tessera at site: Yes
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: -2007
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Bakirtzis, Ch. (ed.), Proceedings of the VIIIth Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM) ‘Wall and Floor Mosaics: Conservation, Maintenance, presentation’ (Thessaloniki 29 Oct– 3 Nov 2002) (Thessaloniki 2005):
-Kourkoutidou-Nikolaïdou, E. 'H πρώτη φάση των εργασιών συντήρησης των ψηφιδωτών της Pοτόντας (1978-1994)', 447-56.
-Bakirtzis, Ch. & Mastora, P., 'H συντήρηση των ψηφιδωτών της Pοτόντας (1995-1999)', 457-66.


Kanonidis, I.O. & Mastora, P. 'Preservation of the mosaics at the Rotonda of Agios Georgios, the basilica of Agios Demetrios and the church of Agia Sofia, Thessaloniki, 1997-1999', in Proceedings of the VIIth Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM): 'Mosaics: Conserve to display? (Arles–Saint-Romain-en-Gal, 22-28 Nov 1999), ed by P. Blanc (Arles, 2003), 403-13.


Korozi, M., Facorellis, Y. & Maniatis, Y., ‘Study and radiocarbon dating of mortars from mural mosaics’, in Archaeometry issues in Greek Prehistory and Antiquity, ed by Y. Bassiakos, E. Aloupi & Y. Facorellis(Athens: Hellenic Society for Archaeometry and the Society of Messenean Archaeological Studies, 2001), 317-27.


Iliadis, I. G., 'The natural lighting of the mosaics in the Rotunda at Thessaloniki', Lighting Research and Technology 33/1 (2001), 13-24.

Nasrallah, Laura, ‘Empire and Apocalypse in Thessaloniki: Interpreting the Early Christian Rotunda’, Journal of Early Christian Studies, 13.4 (2005), 465-508


 Vickers, M.D., 'The date of the Mosaics of the Rotunda at Thessaloniki', Papers of the British School at Rome, 38 (1970), 183-87
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