| Name of structure: |
Maria Assunta |
| Extended name of structure: |
Duomo di Pisa |
| Type of structure: |
Church |
| Country or main area: |
Italy |
| Region within country or main area: |
Tuscany |
| City or area within region: |
Pisa |
| Date of structure: |
Begun 1063 |
| Century of structure 1: |
11 AD |
| Century of structure 2: |
15 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: |
Apse; transepts; facade. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: |
Apse: Christ enthroned, Virgin, St John Evangelist. South transept: Transfiguration; North transept: Annunciation. Facade (on the right): St John the Baptist by Baldovinetti (1425-1499). |
| Date of mosaic: |
Apse: 1301-2 and 1320 (started by Cimabue in 1301 and finished by Pistoia in 1302). Transepts: 1330-50. North transept: c. 1400-1450. Facade: central and left mosaics from 14C lost. |
| Century of mosaic 1: |
14 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: |
15 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: |
Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: |
Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: |
Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? |
Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? |
No |
| Samples taken from where? |
n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: |
R.P. Novello, 'I mosaici', in Il Duomo di Pisa, ed by Adriano Peroni w. Cinzia Nenci (Modena, 1995). 3 vols, vol. 1, 285-90, 556-59. |
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