Laudatio Marciani
| Name of text: | Laudatio Marciani |
| Author of text: | Chorikios |
| Date of text: | 6th Century |
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| Name of structure in text: | S. Stephen at Gaza |
| Type of structure in text: | church |
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| Country in text: | Egypt |
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| City in text: | Gaza |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | apse, roof |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Figural. Mosaics with gold background which decorated the churches of Gaza, the poetic graces of the vines, orchards and birds which were depicted there, also of the scrolls alternating with acanthus and combined with architectural compositions. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 6 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
| Colour descriptions in text: | blue |
| Bibliography: | Odyss. VII, 115 Choricius, Laudatio Marciani, 2.33, trans. by Cyril Mango in The Art of the Byzantine Empire 312-1453 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986), pp. 68-72 |
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