Gesta Pontificum Autissiodorensium
| Name of text: | Gesta Pontificum Autissiodorensium |
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| Name of structure in text: | S. Stephen's Cathedral |
| Type of structure in text: | church |
| Date of structure in text | Desiderius was bishop of Auxerre 603-21/3 |
| Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 7 AD |
| Country in text: | France |
| Region in text: | Burgundy |
| City in text: | Auxerre |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | East vault |
| Description of mosaic in text: | He [Desiderius] very splendidly decorated and enlarged the basilica of St. Stephen, his cathedral church. He added a large vault to the eastern half, marvellously decorated with gold and mosaic, similar to that which Syagrius, bishop of Autun, is known to have built. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 7 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
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| Bibliography: | Gesta Pontificum Autissiodorensium, ed. L. M. Duru in Bibliothèque historique de l’Yonne, I (Paris-Auxerre: 1850), p. 334, quoted in Caecilia Davis-Weyer, Early Medieval Art: 300-1150 (Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1986), p. 67. |
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