Daphni

Name of structure: Daphni
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Greece
Region within country or main area: Attica
City or area within region: Athens
Date of structure: c. 1080
Century of structure 1: 11 AD
Century of structure 2: 11 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

See 'Brief descriptive contents'.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Apse: Virgin and Christ child.
Sanctuary: Gabriel and Michael. South and north apses: saints.
Nave dome: Christ. Drum: 16 prophets, Annunciation, Birth, Baptism, and Transfiguration of Christ.
South nave arm: Three magii, Resurrection, Thomas presentation.
North nave arm: Birth of the Virgin, Crucifixion, Entry into Jerusalem, Lazarus.
Nave vaults and ceiling: saints.
Inner narthex: Koimesis.
Outer narthex: Judas betrayal, Washing of the Feet, Last supper, Presentation of the Virgin, Benediction of priests, Prayer of Joachim and Anna.
Date of mosaic: 1050-1150
Century of mosaic 1: 11 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 12 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
Has analysis been done? Yes
Samples taken from where? ?
Excavation and restoration campaigns: late 1880s, 1891-c. 1897 (Eugène Troump, followed by Francesco Novo), 2000s (lead by Dimitrios Chrysopolous)
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Arletti, R., Fiori, C. & Vandini, M., 'A study of glass tesserae from mosaics in the monasteries of Daphni and Hosios Loukas (Greece)', Archaeometry 52/5 (2010), 976-815.


Cormack, R., 'Rediscovering the Christ Pantokrator at Daphni', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 71 (2008), 55-74.


Fiori, C., Vandini, M. & Arletti, R., 'Smalti musivi dei monasteri greci di Dafni e Hosios Loukas', Ceramurgia + Ceramica Acta 37/2 (2007), 103-18.


Fiori, C., Chrysopoulos, D., Karatasios, I. & Lampropoulos, V., 'Compositional and technological characteristics of glass tesserae from the vault mosaics of Dafni monastery, Greece', in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference “Hyalos-Vitrum-Glass: History, Technology and Conservation of Glass and Vitreous Materials in the Hellenic World” (Rhodes, 1-4 April 2001), ed by G. Kordas, (Athens: Glasnet Publications, 2002), 193-97.


Korozi, M., Facorellis, Y. & Maniatis, Y., ‘Study and radiocarbon dating of mortars from mural mosaics’, in  Archaeometry Issues in Greek Prehistory and Antiquity,ed by Y. Bassiakos, E. Aloupi & Y. Facorellis (Athens: Hellenic Society for Archaeometry and the Society of Messenean Archaeological Studies, 2001), 317-27.
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