Croce, Santa Croce

Name of structure: Croce, Santa Croce
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Emelia Romagna
City or area within region: Ravenna
Date of structure: 5C
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 5 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Loose tesserae
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: n/a
Date of mosaic: 5C?
Century of mosaic 1: 5 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 5 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Unknown
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? Loose tesserae (Brill, 1999)
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1967-80, 1980s+1990s
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Brill, R., Chemical analysis of early glasses, 2 vols (New York: Corning Museum of Glass, 1999), IX D, nos. 2330, 2331 & 2332.


Geliche, S. & Cortesi, G., 'La chiesa di Snta Croce a Ravenna: la sequenza architettonica, Corso di cultura sull 'arte Ravennate e Bizantine 42 (1995), 347-82.


Geliche, S.,'Nuove richerche archaeologiche nella chiesa di Santa Croce a Ravenna', Corso di cultura sull 'arte Ravennate e Bizantine 37 (1990), 195-208.


Cortesi, G., 'La chiesa Santa Croce di Ravenna alle luce degli ultimi scavi e ricerche', Corso di cultura sull 'arte Ravennate e Bizantine 25 (1978), 47-76.
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