Teodoro

Name of structure: Teodoro
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: Rome
Date of structure: 6C, 15C
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 15 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Apse
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Christ on globe, saints.
Date of mosaic: c. 600
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 7 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)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? Unknown
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

possibly 17C (see Bolgia)
1998: Restoration lead by Prof Basile, La Sapienza, Rome

Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Bolgia, C., 'Il mosaico absidale di San Teodoro a Roma: problemi storici e restauri attraverso disegni e documenti inediti', Papers of the British School in Rome 69 (2001), 317-51.


Basile, G., 'Mani di fata. Un raffinatissimo esercizio nel mosaico di San Teodoro compromesso da maldestri rifacimento non rimovibili', Il giornale dell'arte 174 (feb 1999), 58 (The Art Newspaper - Italian edition).


Krautheimer, R., Corbett, S., Frankl, S. & Frazer, A. K., Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae (Monumenti di antichità cristiana pubblicati dal Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana). 6 Vols. (Vatican City, New York, 1937-80).

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