Casino of the Semicircular Arcades
Name of structure: | Casino of the Semicircular Arcades |
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Type of structure: | Casino |
Country or main area: | Italy |
Region within country or main area: | Lazio |
City or area within region: | Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli |
Date of structure: | First half second century AD |
Century of structure 1: | 2 AD |
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Specific place of mosaic: | Niches and possibly walls and vault |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Traces in niches, numerous glass tesserae in red, blue, yellow and orange on ground. Chillman says glass tesserae found in building imply decoration on walls and/or vault |
Date of mosaic: | First half second century AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 2 AD |
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Gold tessera at site: | |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 110 |
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