Aula Palatina/Basilica of Constantine

Name of structure: Aula Palatina/Basilica of Constantine
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Germany
Region within country or main area: Rhineland-Palatinate
City or area within region: Trier
Date of structure: c. 310 AD
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niches
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Blue scrolls on gold ground in niche with statue of S. John, traces of mosaic in other niches
Date of mosaic: Fourth century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 172
See also:
Blanchet, A, Inventaire des mosaïques de la Gaule et de l’Afrique, vol 1 (Paris:1909), 2, 117, no. 1211
von Wilmowsky, J. N., Römische Mosaiken aus Trier und Umgebung (1888), 7, pl. 1,4
Hettner, WDZ/Westdeutsche Zeitschrift 10 (1891), 235 pl. e
von Massow, Die Basilika in Trier (1948), 16
Koethe, TrZ 12 (1937), 173 fig 10
Krencker, Die Trierer Kaiserthermen (1929), 314

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