Monasticon Benedictinum
| Name of text: | Monasticon Benedictinum |
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| Date of text: | ca. 1633 |
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| Name of structure in text: | La Daurade |
| Type of structure in text: | Mausoleum/church |
| Date of structure in text | fifth-sixth century |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Country in text: | France |
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| City in text: | Toulouse |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Niches in walls |
| Description of mosaic in text: | 12 niches of upper storey starting at NW corner and proceeding to E window: 1. slaughter of the innocents, green meadow, gold background; 2. Herod wearing red and purple garments, silver circle round head, gold background; 3. one of the Magi, green meadow on gold background; 4. VM, Anne and Christ, 3 partridges in golden squares; 5. one of the Magi; 6. one of the Magi wearing garment with roses and fishes; 7. and 8. contain large window; 9. fierce man, Herod; 10. praying shepherd with lamb; 11. and 12. contain window. 10 niches of upper storey starting at SW corner and proceeding to E window: 1. one of the Magi with gift; 2. one of the Magi with gift; one of Magi with gift, Christ child on VM’s lap; 4. contains window; 5. VM holding Christ child, her vestments in blue and purple; 6. shepherd with sheep pointing at star; 7. and 8. contain large window; VM on throne, holding golden cross; 10. Christ child in manger with ass and ox. 22 niches of middle storey, starting at NW corner and moving clockwise towards SW corner: 1. Esdras [Ezra] standing in meditation with book; 2. Abimelech with silver pallium; 3. Philip; 4. Simon; 5. Andrew; 6. Luke with book; 7. John with golden book; 8. Peter with keys; 9. angel Uriel; 10. angel Michael holding multi-coloured globe; 11. Christ Pantokrator, at his feet ‘The Black Virgin’; 12. VM; 13. angel Gabriel holding three greenish globes; 14. angel Raphael holding three greenish globes; 15. Paul holding large red book with gold ribbons; 16. Matthew with book; 17. Mark with golden book; 18. Bartholomew; 19. Thomas; 20. James; 21. Isaiah; 22. Ezekiel, gold ground on green meadow. 21 niches of lower storey starting at NW corner and moving clockwise towards E and SW: 1. and 2. space for chapel; 3. Jude; 4. Levi; 5. Simeon; 6. Jacob; 7. Enoch; 8. Elias; 9. Isaac; 10. Abraham; 11, 12 and 13 obscured by main altar; 14. Joel; 15. doorway with Abdias and another prophet in the arch; 16. Ananias; 17. angel Gabriel; 18. Azarias; 19. Mizael; 20. Benjamin; 21. Joseph. Upper region above the capitals of the 22 jasper columns; 22 parrots. Between the columns; six or eight peacocks. Lower row of niches; eight or ten bursts of angels. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 6 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | Yes |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
| Colour descriptions in text: | blue purple green red |
| Bibliography: | Monasticon Benedictinum, Paris, Biblioteque Nationale, Ms. Lat. 12680, fols. 231-35, ed. Abbé Degert in Bulletin de la Societé archéologique du midi de France (1905), pp. 209-15, trans. by Caecilia Davis-Weyer, Early Medieval Art: 300-1150 (Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1986), pp. 59-66 |
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| Comments: | Toulouse Museum holds a few mosaic cubes. |