Giusto
| Name of structure: | Giusto |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| City or area within region: | Trieste |
| Date of structure: | 9C-13C |
| Century of structure 1: | 9 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 13 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | S. Giusto is a 13C merger of the Sacello of S. Giusto (9C/10C) and the basilica of S. Maria Assunta (11C). The present church has one main 13C apse and the two apses of the previous buildings: S. Giusto and of Santissimmo Sacramento respectively. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | S. Giusto: Christ with SS. Giusto and Servolo, geometrical patterns. |
| Date of mosaic: | S. Giusto: 13C Santissimo Sacramento: end 11C-beginning 12C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 11 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| 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: | 1863-64, 1877-78: teams led by P. Kandler from the Austrian Central Commission and engineer G. Righetti 1947 |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Foramitti, V., 'I restauri ottocenteschi dei mosaici della Cattedrale di San Giusto a Trieste', in Atti del convegno di studi di Scienza e Beni Culturali 18, 2002: I mosaici. Cultura, Tecnologia, Conservazione (Bressanone, 2-5 luglio, 2002), ed by G. Biscontin & G. Driussi (Venice, Edizioni Arcadia Ricerche, 2002), 469-78. Bernardi, Gabriella, ‘I restauri dei mosaici della cattedrale di S. Giusto a Trieste’, Proceedings of the III Colloquium AISCOM 1995 (Bordighera, Italy: Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, 1996), 205-218 |
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