BURSA ULUDA Ğ UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF MOSAIC RESEARCH

These events had decisive influence on the rest of his professional life: His love for this country and its cultural assets not only developed through his participation in

The peristyle floors of this house, as they can still be seen today, are defined by two distinct decoration programmes: that of surface decoration (south wing, east wing and

7 Castaldo (2014: 318 figs. 1-3, 5-7), notes certain resemblance between the cinaedi and the renowned relief from Ariccia, in a cultic context, which she dates to the beginning of

Keywords: Theodore Metochites, the Chora church, ktetorial composition, mosaic, relics of the True Cross, pectoral crosses, marble

In this study I discuss the fusion of the two mighty gods of the Roman world, Dionysus and Eros, as represented in the mosaic in the Naples museum, in an attempt to uncover

Provided that one was supposed to proceed from the level of images, one associates the personifications with an unspecific father god (Saeculum), a deity sitting relaxed

Both masked heads relate to the main subject: the eagle strangling a snake, which is the symbol of invincible power of the Emperor Justinian, whereas these masked heads symbolize

pink colour. Black and grey contours shape the body of the leopard, including the spots, legs and claws. The boat has a dark brown mast, the folds of the sail are designed in