Sabina
| Name of structure: | Sabina |
| Extended name of structure: | Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino |
| 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: | 4C |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 4 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Tombstone on floor in centre of the nave |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Depicts the figure of Fra' Munoz de Zamora (d. 1300) |
| Date of mosaic: | Post 1300 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 14 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)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Astolfi, F., S. Sabina, Roma 1998 (Collana Archeologica. Supplemento di “Forma Urbis”, 5/1998). Minasi, M., S. Sabina, 'Riscoperta del Mosaico', 1/2 (1997), 1017. 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): Vol. IV (Vatican City, 1967), 72-98. Bovini, G., 'I mosaici romani dell' epoca di Sisto III (432-440). I. I mosaici di Santa Sabina, Dell' Atrio del Batistero Lateranense, e di San Pietro in Vincoli, Corsi di cultura sull' arte ravennate e bizantina 10 (1963), 62-80 Darsy, F., Santa Sabina, Le Chiese Illustrate, LXIII-LXIV (Rome, 1961). |
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| Comments: | Although this is not a wall mosaic, it has been included as it uses glass tesserae in a similar fashion. Perhaps by Iacopo Torriti. |