Theophanes Continuatus
Name of text: | Theophanes Continuatus |
Author of text: | Anonymous |
Date of text: | 10C |
Date of person in text: | |
Name of structure in text: | not stated (imperial palace) |
Type of structure in text: | palace |
Date of structure in text | not stated |
Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 4 AD |
Country in text: | not stated (Turkey) |
Region in text: | not stated (Marmara) |
City in text: | not stated (Constantinople) |
Specific place of mosaic in text: | Vestibule of imperial chamber. |
Description of mosaic in text: | 'artful mosaic images, a spectacle of divers colours, materials and forms' (Mango, 1986, 208). |
Mosaic date in text: | 10 AD |
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
Colour descriptions in text: | variegated |
Bibliography: | Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (CSHB, Bonn, 1838), ch. 24. ed. Mango, C., The Art of the Byzantine Empire 312-1453 (Toronto, 1986). |
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