Baptistery
| Name of structure: | Baptistery |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | baptistery |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Savona |
| City or area within region: | Albenga |
| Date of structure: | 6C |
| Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Vault |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Chi Rho, lamb, doves, stars, flora, fauna, inscription, geometrical patterns. |
| Date of mosaic: | 6C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 6 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)? | n/a |
| Has analysis been done? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1948-50: work led by Nino Lamboglia |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Marcenaro, M., Il Battistero paleocristiano di Albenga. Le origini del cristianesimo nella Liguria marittima (Genova, 1993). Marcenaro, Mario, ‘Il mosaico del battistero di Albenga. Interpretazione iconografica, iconological e restauro’, Proceedings of the III Colloquium AISCOM 1995 (Bordighera, Italy: Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, 1996), 39-62 |
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