Ursiana
| Name of structure: | Ursiana |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Emelia Romagna |
| City or area within region: | Ravenna |
| Date of structure: | Early 5C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 5 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Fragments, now in the Museo Arcivescovile, Ravenna. Tesserae removed after construction of new cathedral begun 1734. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Six fragments: Virgin Orant, St Peter, St John, disciple of San Apollinare, protobishop Apollinare (formerly identified as St Barbaziano), St Vitale (formely identified as St Ursicino).
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| Date of mosaic: | 1112 replaced lost 4C decoration |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 12 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)? | No |
| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 18C |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Caputo, G. & Gentili, G. (eds.), Torcello. Alle origini di Venezia tra Occidente e Oriente. Catalogo della mostra al Museo Dioceano, Venezia (Marseille, 2009). Morigi, C., 'Il mosaico perduto dell'abside della Cattedrale di Ravenna e la nuova identificazione di due delle figure superstiti', in Atti del convegno di studi di Scienza e Beni Culturali 18, 2002: I mosaici. Cultura, Tecnologia, Conservazione (Bressanone 2-5 luglio, 2002), ed by G. Biscontin & G. Driussi (Venice, Edizioni Arcadia Ricerche, 2002), 479-86. Novara, P., La cattedrale di ravenna: storia e archaeologia (Ravenna, 1997). Gerola, G., 'Il mosaico absidale della Basilica Ursiana', Felix Ravenna 5 (1912), 177-. Muntz, Eugene, ‘The Lost Mosaics of Ravenna’, The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, 1.2/3 (1885), 115-130, see. pp. 115-6 |
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