Maria Fuori le Mura
Name of structure: | Maria Fuori le Mura |
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Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Sicily |
City or area within region: | Messina |
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Specific place of mosaic: | Now in the Museo Regionale, Messina |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | La Ciambretta/Madonna della Ciambretta/Virgin in the Little Room Small, niche mosaic, probably by a local mosaicist but in Byzantine style, includes the small figure of the monk San Gregorio |
Date of mosaic: | 13th century |
Century of mosaic 1: | 13 AD |
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Silver tessera at site: | |
Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Demus, O., The Mosaics of Norman Sicily (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1949), p. 187 |
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Comments: | Church no longer extant |