Giorgio
| Name of structure: | Giorgio |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Emilia Romagna |
| City or area within region: | Ferrara |
| Date of structure: | 12C |
| Century of structure 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | According to documentation there were mosaics in the apse and on the triumphal arch. Only remaining piece is from the triumphal arch and is now in the Museo della Cattedrale in Ferrara. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Head of the Virgin |
| Date of mosaic: | 12C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 12 AD |
| 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: | Major fire in 18C. |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Caputo, G. & Gentili, G. (eds.), Torcello. Alle origini di Venezia tra Occidente e Oriente. Catalogo della mostra al Museo Dioceano, (Venice: Marsilio, 2009). Flores D'Arcais, F., 'Testa della Vergine', in La forma del colore. Mosaici dall'Antichità al XX secolo. Catalogo della Mostra, ed by F. Flores D'Arcais (Rimini, 1999), 173-4. |
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