Maria
| Name of structure: | Maria |
| Extended name of structure: | Duomo di Orvieto |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Umbria |
| City or area within region: | Orvieto |
| Date of structure: | 13C, 14C |
| Century of structure 1: | 13 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 14 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Facade: panels and decorative bands. The only surviving original panel of series of Life of the Virgin, the Nativity, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | 14th century mosaics: 1330 decorative geometric mosaics on columns 1345 lower zone of facade - Fumi p. 461 1359 facade lower left gable, Baptism of Christ, now replaced by something else - Harding (1989), p. 75 1360 facade lower right gable, Nativity of Virgin Mary, replaced in 1583 by something else - Harding (1984), p. 255-6 1365, facade secondary area behind lower right gable, Annunciation to Anna - Harding (1984), p. 255 1366 facade lower central gable, Assumption of the Virgin Mary - Harding, (1984) p. 255 1376 facade upper right gable, Presentation of the Virgin Mary, restored/replaced in 17th century - Fumi, p. 467 1388 facade four corners outside rose window, four Fathers of the Church - Harding (1989), p. 89 |
| Date of mosaic: | 14th and 15th C mosaics |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 14 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 15 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)? | No, but written evidence of furnace. See Harding (1989). |
| Has analysis been done? | Yes |
| Samples taken from where? | ? |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | Almost continuous restoration since 14C. |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Mambelli, R., Fabbri, B., Fiori, C. & Donati, F., 'Studio di materiali musivi provenienti dal Duomo di Orvieto', in Mosaico e restauro musivo. Vol.I, Quaderni IRTEC nr.l, ed by Istituto di Ricerche Tecnologiche per la Ceramica (Faenza, 1988), 55-65. Harding, C., 'The production of medieval mosaics: the Orvieto evidence', DOP 43 (1989), 73-102. Harding, C., Facade Mosaics of the Dugento and Trecento in Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio (unpublished PhD thesis, London, 1984). |
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| Comments: | For the mosaicists who are mentioned by name see Harding (1989). |