Letter x, Book II

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Letter x, Book II

Author of text: Sidonius, Gaius Apollinaris Sidonius
Date of text: mid 5C
Date of person in text: c. 431-490
Name of structure in text: S. Justus
Type of structure in text: church
Date of structure in text mid 5 C
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2:
Country in text: Gaul (France)
Region in text: Gallia Lugdunesis
City in text: Lugdunum (Lyon)
Specific place of mosaic in text: ceiling, vaulting, floors, windows
Description of mosaic in text: marble of various tints, grass-green incrustation with winding lines of sapphire-hued stones over leek-green glass
Mosaic date in text: 5 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? No
Colour descriptions in text: sapphire
leekgreen
grass green
Bibliography: Sidonius, Letters, Book II Ep. x. 8-14 in Sidonius, Poems and Letters, trans. by W. B. Anderson, 2 vols (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1936), vol. I, pp. 464-467
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