Maria la Nuova
| Name of structure: | Maria la Nuova |
| Extended name of structure: | Monreale Cathedral |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Sicily |
| City or area within region: | Monreale |
| Date of structure: | Begun by 1174 |
| Century of structure 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Galleria Regionale di Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo, Sicily |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Virgin and Child |
| Date of mosaic: | End 13th/early 14th century |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 13 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 14 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? | Yes |
| Samples taken from where? | From rubble by north tower restored in 1970s (Verità & Rapisarda, 2008) |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1965-82 |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Verità, M. & Rapisarda, S., 'Studio analitico di materiali musivi vitrei del XII-XIII secolo dalla Basilica di Monreale a Palermo', Rivista della Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro 2 (2008), 15-29. Andaloro, M., Naselli-Flores, G. et al, I moisaici di Monreale: restauri e scoperte (1965-1982). XIII Catalogo di Opere d'Arte restaurate, Quaderno del Bollettino B.C.A. Sicilia n.4 (Palermo, 1986). Trizzino, L. 'Die Kathedrale von Monreale: Was für eine Collage!', Daidalos 6 (1985), 65-80. D'Angelo, F. & Naselli, G.,' L'impegno della ceramica nei mosaici della cattedrale di Monreale', Faenza: Bolletino del Museo Internazionale delle ceramiche di Faenza 70/3-4 (1984), 178-82. Johnson, M. J., ‘The lost royal portraits of Gerace and Cefalù cathedrals’, DOP 53 (1999), 238-62. |
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