Patria
Name of text: | Patria |
Author of text: | Codinus |
Date of text: | 14th - 15th century |
Date of person in text: | |
Name of structure in text: | Hall adjoining the Tzykanisterion [sports stadium] |
Type of structure in text: | Hall |
Date of structure in text | 842-867 |
Century of structure 1: | 9 AD |
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Country in text: | Turkey |
Region in text: | |
City in text: | Constantinople |
Specific place of mosaic in text: | |
Description of mosaic in text: | Author notes that Emperor Michael III added a vaulted hall with mosaics to the place for public games. |
Mosaic date in text: | 9 AD |
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
Colour descriptions in text: | |
Bibliography: | Codinus, Patria, quoted in A. L. Frothingham, ‘Notes of Christian Mosaics. III. The Lost Mosaics of the East’, The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, 4.2 (1888), 127-148, p. 134 |
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