Maria

Name of structure: Maria
Extended name of structure: Duomo
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Tuscany
City or area within region: Siena
Date of structure: 10th-11th century
Century of structure 1: 10 AD
Century of structure 2: 11 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Upper left facade, uncertain date but before 1441.
The rest of the original mosaics on the facade and lower facade have now gone.

Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Young Virgin Mary being presented to the High Priest of the temple
Date of mosaic: Before 1441
Century of mosaic 1: 15 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Harding, C., Façade Mosaics of the Dugento and Tregento in Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, PhD thesis, University of London, 1983, p. 244


Cadogan, J., Domenico Ghirlandaio, Artist and Artisan (Newhaven: Yale Uni Press, 2000 ),, p. 359

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