The Chronicle of John Malalas
| Name of text: | The Chronicle of John Malalas |
| Author of text: | John Malalas |
| Date of text: | completed by c. 565 |
| Date of person in text: | c. 490-570 |
| Name of structure in text: | Four basilicas |
| Type of structure in text: | church |
| Date of structure in text | c. 370 |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
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| Country in text: | Syria |
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| City in text: | Antioch |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Ceilings |
| Description of mosaic in text: | … and decorated the four basilicas with great columns of Salona marble. The ceilings were coffered and ornamented with paintings, a variety of marbles and mosaic work. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 4 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | Malalas, John, The Chronicle of John Malalas,13.30,trans. by Elizabeth Jeffreys, Michael Jeffreys, Roger Scott and others (Melbourne: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, 1986), p. 184. |
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