Unknown [late Roman building]

Name of structure: Unknown [late Roman building]
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Type of structure: Unknown
Country or main area: Germany
Region within country or main area: Cologne
City or area within region: St. Gereon
Date of structure: Late Roman
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Specific place of mosaic: Walls. No longer extant.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Numerous remains of wall mosaic and many tesserae of gold glass found.
Date of mosaic: Late Roman
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Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site:
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
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Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 171
See also:
von Gerkan, A., Studies presented to D M Robinson 1 (1951) 502
von Gerkan, A., Germania 29 (1951), 216, 218
Blanchet, A, Inventaire des mosaïques de la Gaule et de l’Afrique, vol 1 (Paris:1909), 2, 211 no 1663
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Comments: These mosaics were given the name 'ad sanctos aureos' by Gregory of Tours.
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