The Mosaic Decoration of S. Demetrios, Thessaloniki: A Re-examination in the Light of the Drawings of W. S. George
| Name of text: | The Mosaic Decoration of S. Demetrios, Thessaloniki: A Re-examination in the Light of the Drawings of W. S. George |
| Author of text: | Robin Cormack |
| Date of text: | 1969 |
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| Name of structure in text: | Hagios Demetrios |
| Type of structure in text: | Church |
| Date of structure in text | Fifth century, reconstructed after a fire ca. 620 |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 7 AD |
| Country in text: | Greece |
| Region in text: | Macedonia |
| City in text: | Thessaloniki |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | North aisle |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Virgin and child enthroned, flanked by angels, several saints some in medallions and representations of humans, probably donor figures. Maria and her family in front of S. Demetrios, who has interceded on her behalf, Christ, VM and angels. Inscriptions. All the figural mosaics except for the inserted medallions date from pre 620, these are later. |
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| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | Yes |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
| Colour descriptions in text: | beige black light brown light blue yellowgreen yellow dark red dark blue cream brown puce offwhite purplish brown pink white blue grey green red olive green purple greygreen greybrown greenblue |
| Bibliography: | Cormack, R., ‘The Mosaic Decoration of S. Demetrios, Thessaloniki: A Re-examination in the Light of the Drawings of W. S. George’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 64 (1969), 17-52 See also, Cormack, R., Writing in Gold (London: George Philip, 1985), pp. 86-91 |
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| Comments: | A lot of mosaics from Hagios Demetrios were discovered in 1907 only to be destroyed by fire in 1917. They can be recreated through watercolour copies and photographs made shortly before their destruction. |