Mosaic Restoration and Conservation
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De Vita, A., Simeti, S. & Volta, S. (2013) The conservation of the Neptune and Amphitrite wall mosaic at Herculaneum: an interdisciplinary partnership. In G. Biscontin & G. Driussi (eds) Conservazione e valorizzazione dei siti... more
The late Antique mosaic of Orpheus decorated a small room, approximately 18 m2 in area, connected with two even smaller ones, in 4 m2 and the other 2 m2 in area, belonging most likely to a small funerary chapel (or tomb) discovered in the... more
This paper deals with the House of Leukaktios, which has been discovered during Polish excavations at Ptolemais, Libya, in 2001 2007. The house has almost completely preserved mosaic pavements and the plan of Graeco-Roman type with an... more
En este artículo se presentan los resultados obtenidos en la intervención arqueológica realizada en la villa romana "El Arca" (Castro del Río, Córdoba), realizando un primer acercamiento al estudio de las estructuras y materiales de tan... more
a pubblicazione di questo fascicolo trae spunto dall’intervento di conservazione in corso sul mosaico della Trasfigurazione, situato nell’abside della basilica del Monastero di Santa Caterina nel Sinai. Il mosaico, così come le opere... more
Questo lavoro descrive la ricerca e l’intervento di restauro effettuati su un brano musivo in opus sectile a motivo geometrico proveniente dal Cairo e datato al XV secolo, attualmente custodito presso la Galleria Regionale di Palazzo... more
The paper is a quick overview of the revival of Mosaic art in Palestine through the people who participated and give their assistance along the years. It is for me an opportunity to reflect on the results obtained in more than 16 years of... more
In questo articolo è presentato il metodo usato per il trattamento delle lacune nel mosaico della Trasfigurazione nel monastero di Santa Caterina in Sinai, conservato dal CCA negli anni 2005-2010. Sebbene sia riconosciuto che questa... more
This paper is translated into English, see: M.T. Olszewski, The Immortality of the Human Soul and the Dionysiac Mysteries in the 4th Century Allegory (In Connection with the Interpretation of the Mosaic from “House of Aion” at Paphos in... more
Sundials in Roman and Byzantine Mosaics (1st – 9th Century AD). A scientific monograph. The sundials on ancient mosaics have not been the subject of scientific studies so far. The author has gathered together in this publication the... more
متن حاضر شرح بخشی از فعالیت کارگاه مرمت محراب مسجد جامع میبد است و به کتیبه کاشی معرق محراب با تاریخ 867 هجری میپردازد. به دلیل اهمیت تاریخی کتیبه و رویکرد به اصالت در کل مرمتهای مسجد، سعی بر حفظ کلیه قطعات کاشی و پرهیز از بازسازی بوده... more
More than 20 years after presenting his first interpretation of the mosaic from the House of Aion in a paper entitled “Uwagi na temat mozaiki z Domu Aiona w Nea Paphos (Cypr)” (Meander 9/10, 1987, p. 421-438, in Polish, and translated to... more
Paphlagonian Hadrianoupolis
A number of representative rooms decorated by mosaic floors from the period around the 4 th century were examined during the archaeological research of the villa with peristyle in the middle of the late antiquity settlement in Mediana... more
The return to Carini of the 'Galati' mosaic, found in 1883 in the contrada San Nicola, the site of numerous archaeological discoveries during the 19 th century, as reported by the local and of the time scholars, has contributed to the... more
Il monastero di Santa Caterina del Sinai fu costruito per volere dell’imperatore Giustiniano nel VI secolo, sul sito venerato come il luogo dove Mosè parlò con Dio nel Roveto Ardente (Esodo 3, 1-10). II risultati del restauro del mosaico... more
This is a more elaboret and developped version of the first paper published in Polish : M.T. Olszewski, Uwagi na temat mosaiki z Domu Aiona w Nea Paphos (Cypr), Menander XLII, 9-10, 1987, pp. 421-438 (translated to English : The... more
The scenes tell the story of the founding of Pella/Apamea and further development of this city on the Orontes river. Three main groups of scenes can be distinguished: (1) the foundation of Pella-on-the-Orontes by the legendary Archippos,... more
- AN EXCEPTIONAL BYZANTINE MOSAIC
- A REPRESENTATION OF JERUSALEM IN THE 6th CENTURY
- UNE MOSAÏQUE BYZANTINE EXCEPTIONNELLE
- UNE REPRÉSENTATION DE JÉRUSALEM AU VIe SIÈCLE
- A REPRESENTATION OF JERUSALEM IN THE 6th CENTURY
- UNE MOSAÏQUE BYZANTINE EXCEPTIONNELLE
- UNE REPRÉSENTATION DE JÉRUSALEM AU VIe SIÈCLE
The mosaic from Sheikh Zuweid on the western coast of North Sinai, discovered in 1913, as well as the mosaic brought to light in 1919 at Vinon near Aix-en-Provence in southern France had to wait until the end of the 20th century for... more
Unique mosaic composition of the end of the third millenium BC from the "Royal Necropolis" of Gonur Depe is describing. Some walls of the underground "hypogea" and so-called "ostensories" as well small originally wooden boxes found in... more
Some unpublished documents, relating to the restorations carried out into the church of Santo Stefano at Due Carrare (Padua) during the last two decades of the 19th century, give the opportunity to resume the study of the marble and... more
The publication of this booklet was inspired by the conservation treatment for the mosaic of the Transfiguration, located in the apse of the basilica of the Monastery of St. Catherine's in the Sinai. As with all works of art, mosaics do... more
Abstract: Le village de Shahba, devenu la colonie romaine de Philippopolis, est situé à quatre-vingt dix kilomètres au sud de Damas et à vingt kilomètres au nord de Suweida’ en Syrie du Sud. Sa notoriété et son développement sont dus à... more
"This paper proposes a new identification of a mosaic workshop of Late Antiquity in the Near East. Two mosaic pavements, that is, the mosaic of the Bath of Achilles discovered forty years ago in room 40 of the Villa of Theseus in Nea... more
En este trabajo se pretende analizar el patrimonio en mosaico desde dos perspectivas: una general sobre la musivaria como género artístico en la que se analizan los elementos que lo integran, su elaboración, su extensa historia y algunas... more