Farfa Abbey

Name of structure: Farfa Abbey
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Farfa
Date of structure: 9C, 10C
Century of structure 1: 9 AD
Century of structure 2: 10 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Unknown
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: 170 loose tesserae of mainly blue glass
Date of mosaic: Contemporary with date of structure?
Century of mosaic 1: 9 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 10 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? No
Samples taken from where? na/
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: Newby, M., 'Medieval glass from Farfa', Annales du 10° Congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre (Madrid-Segovie, 1985) (Amsterdam, 1987).
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