Maria

Name of structure: Maria
Extended name of structure: Abbey of Santa Maria in Monastery of San Nilo
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Grottaferrata
Date of structure: 1004-24
Century of structure 1: 11 AD
Century of structure 2: 11 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Triumphal arch; inner narthex.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Triumphal arch: Pentecost, St Peter and St Andrea.
Inner narthex: Deesis and San Nilo?
Date of mosaic: Inner Narthex: 11C, 13C
Triumphal arch after 1191
Century of mosaic 1: 13 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? Unknown
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Gianellla, A.M., 'Il mosaico della ‘Discesa dello Spirito Santo’ a Grottaferrata', Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata 40 (1986), 187-214.


Baumstark, A., 'Il musaico degli Apostoli della chiesa abbaziale di Grottaferrate', Oriens Christianus 4 (1904), 121-.

Frothingham, A. L., ‘Les Mosaïques de Grottaferrata’, Gazette Archéologique, 8 (1883), 348-356

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