Lorenzo
| Name of structure: | Lorenzo |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Liguria |
| City or area within region: | Genoa |
| Date of structure: | 12th century with later additions |
| Century of structure 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Small details in the lunette of the portal, and the pilasters on either side of the portal. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Patterns in the 'cavities'of the throne, details on the angels, devils, etc, remains of a pattern of lilies in the frame of the lunette. Remains of a pattern and flowers in the thin pilasters either side of the portal. |
| Date of mosaic: | 13th century |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 13 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | |
| Gold tessera at site: | |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | At the end of the 19th century loose tesserae found during excavations, but they were not preserved. |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | De Fabio, Clario, ‘Il Mosaico di San Matteo e tracce per l’Arte Musiva a Genova nel Medioevo’, Proceedings of the III Colloquium AISCOM 1995 (Bordighera, Italy: Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, 1996), 63-80, see pp. 65-68 |
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