Manuscript Fol. 162
Name of text: | Manuscript Fol. 162 |
Author of text: | Basilios Bessarion |
Date of text: | 15th C |
Date of person in text: | 1403-72 |
Name of structure in text: | Komnenos Palace |
Type of structure in text: | palace |
Date of structure in text | 13th C |
Century of structure 1: | 13 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Country in text: | Anatolia |
Region in text: | |
City in text: | Trebizond |
Specific place of mosaic in text: | ceiling |
Description of mosaic in text: | Tthe ceiling of gold and multi-colored, artificially inlaid flowers and blinking stars, such as the blue arch of heaven. |
Mosaic date in text: | 13 AD |
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
Colour descriptions in text: | |
Bibliography: | Basilios Bessarion,, mss fol 162, quoted in Fallmerayer, J. A. C., Geschichte des Kaiserthums von Trapezunt (Munich: Verlag von Anton Weber, 1827), pp. 308-9 |
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Comments: | Slightly speculative entry, as the description does not specify 'mosaic'. |