Sergius, Bacchus and Leontius

Name of structure: Sergius, Bacchus and Leontius
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Syria
Region within country or main area: south
City or area within region: Bosra
Date of structure: 512-3
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on the ground.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Ca. 150 tesserae: silver and gold foil glass, yellow, blue, green, white, grey. brown, red.
Date of mosaic: 6C?
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 AD
Silver tessera at site: Yes
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? Yes
Samples taken from where? The whole sample (except silver) (Brill, 1999; Farioli-Campanati et al, 1998).
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1904-1905 and 1909: team from Princeton University Archaeological Expedition led by H. Crosby Butler (text from the expedition: http://www.bosracity.com/pages/ecclesiastical.htm)
1986: team from Missione archaeologica italiana led by R. Farioli Campanati
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Brill, R., Chemical analysis of early glasses, 2 vols, (New York: Corning Museum of Glass, 1999), IX N, 2392-2397 (dates uncertain, and no specific location in Bosra).


Farioli-Campanati, R., Roncuzzi-Fiorentini, I. & Fiori, C., 'Tessere vetrose e malta provenienti dagli scavi e ricerche nella chiesa dei SS. Sergio, Bacco e Leonzio di Bosra. Studio e analisi con sonda elettronica e microscopio elettronico', Atti del XXXV Colloquio Internazionale di Cultura sull'Arte Ravennate e Bizantina: 'La Siria Araba da Roma a Bisanzio' (Ravenna: Edizione del Girasole, 1998), 121-32.


Roncuzzi Fiorentini, I., & Fiori, C., 'Applicazione dell'analisi chimica allo studio del vetro musivo bizantino del 5.-6. secolo', Mosaico e rstauro musivo - [Faenza]: C.N.R., Istituto di ricerche tecnologiche per la ceramica 5/2 (1996), 9-55.


Fiori, C., Donati, F., Roncuzzi-Fiorentini, I. & Farioli-Campanati,
R., 'Analysis and comparison of gold-plated vitreous tesserae from
Byzantine mosaics of the 6th century', Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Glass (Leningrad, 1989), 76-9.


Fiori, C., Donati, F., Roncuzzi-Fiorentini, I. & Farioli-Campanati, R., 'Analisi e confronto di tessere vetrose dorate di mosaici bizantini del VI secolo', Quaderni Istituto di Ricerche Tecnologiche per la Ceramica (IRTEC) (Faenza): Mosaico e Restauro Musivo 2 (1989), 17-30.


Gaddoni, W. & Frattini, W., 'Resti di mosaici partietali recuperati negli scavi della chiesa dei SS. Sergio, Bacco e Leonzio di Bosra', Felix Ravenna 123-4 (1982), 53-65.


 


 
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