Severo

Name of structure: Severo
Extended name of structure: No longer extant
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:

570-82

Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

Scattered tesserae found during excavation.

Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Green, blue, red, gold and silver foil glass tesserae.

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? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: 1964-7, 1970s, 1981-91, 2007-
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Maioli, M. G., 'Nuovi dati sul complesso archaeologico di S. Severo a Classe (RA): scavi 1981-1991', Corso di cultural sull'arte ravennate e bizantine 39 (1992), 497-520.


Bermond Montanari, G., La chiesa di S. Severo nel territorio di Classe. Risultati dei recenti scavi (Bologna: R. Pàtron, 1968).

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