Patria

Name of text: Patria
Author of text: Codinus
Date of text: 14th - 15th century
Date of person in text:
Name of structure in text: Hall adjoining the Tzykanisterion [sports stadium]
Type of structure in text: Hall
Date of structure in text 842-867
Century of structure 1: 9 AD
Century of structure 2:
Country in text: Turkey
Region in text:
City in text: Constantinople
Specific place of mosaic in text:
Description of mosaic in text: Author notes that Emperor Michael III added a vaulted hall with mosaics to the place for public games.
Mosaic date in text: 9 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? No
Colour descriptions in text:
Bibliography:

Codinus, Patria, quoted in A. L. Frothingham, ‘Notes of Christian Mosaics. III. The Lost Mosaics of the East’, The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, 4.2 (1888), 127-148, p. 134

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