Ursiana

Name of structure: Ursiana
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: Early 5C
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 5 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Fragments, now in the Museo Arcivescovile, Ravenna. Tesserae removed after construction of new cathedral begun 1734.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Six fragments: Virgin Orant, St Peter, St John, disciple of San Apollinare, protobishop Apollinare (formerly identified as St Barbaziano), St Vitale (formely identified as St Ursicino).


 

Date of mosaic: 1112 replaced lost 4C decoration
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 12 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? No
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: 18C
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Caputo, G. & Gentili, G. (eds.), Torcello. Alle origini di Venezia tra Occidente e Oriente. Catalogo della mostra al Museo Dioceano, Venezia (Marseille, 2009).


Morigi, C., 'Il mosaico perduto dell'abside della Cattedrale di Ravenna e la nuova identificazione di due delle figure superstiti', in Atti del convegno di studi di Scienza e Beni Culturali 18, 2002: I mosaici. Cultura, Tecnologia, Conservazione (Bressanone 2-5 luglio, 2002), ed by G. Biscontin & G. Driussi (Venice, Edizioni Arcadia Ricerche, 2002), 479-86.


Novara, P., La cattedrale di ravenna: storia e archaeologia (Ravenna, 1997).


Gerola, G., 'Il mosaico absidale della Basilica Ursiana', Felix Ravenna 5 (1912), 177-.


Muntz, Eugene, ‘The Lost Mosaics of Ravenna’, The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, 1.2/3 (1885), 115-130, see. pp. 115-6

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