Olbia. East Basilica. Nave mosaic. Framing grid of looped-circle motif. (Updated over a year ago)

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BYZANTINE PROVINCIAL Anonymous (c. 330-1453): The original mosaic floor was made up of 10 rows of 5 square panels set into a grid pattern with a frame of looped-circles. The mosaic was finished in the 3rd year of Bishop Macarius's office (September 539-August 540). The basilica was erected during a building campaign under the Emperor Justinian.

Tags: byzantine , byzantine (early) , medieval , mosaics

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 28, 2007.

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