Discovery

A Gallo_Roman mosaic discovered by a railroad company employees In 1887, during construction work on a railway line, the remains of a villa and a gallo-roman mosaic were discovered in…

Work in Process, May 2022

16 May 2022

Frederic Lecut's Mosaics, History & Archeology, Works in Process

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Since I’ve moved back to the Holy land of France about 8 month ago, the only mosaics of mine I shared in this blog are my little Ukrainian flag mosaics.…

Squares and Octagons on a Daphne mosaic.

16 May 2022

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources, Unclassified

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I am reverting this week to publishing the geometric mosaic models I have been drawing for the past year ! A geometric mosaic medallion from Daphne The mosaic model of…

Week 18 mosaic model : A deer stomping a snake.

2 May 2022

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From the Eastern Church of Theodorias The mosaic drawing of this week 18 (May 2 to May 8) is my drawing of a mosaic showing Deer (or a stag) stomping…

Standardization in Roman mosaics

25 April 2022

History & Archeology, Resources, Unclassified

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The standardization of Roman mosaics I publish every week a model of a Roman or Byzantine mosaic, A few weeks ago I published a drawing of the 6th square medallion…

Week 16 mosaic model : Lugdunum 06

19 April 2022

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The 6th medallion of the great Lugdunum mosaic The mosaic model of this week 16 (April 18 to 24) is my drawing of the 6th medallion of the great geometric…

Week 15 mosaic model : Ducks, Fish & Lotus

11 April 2022

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From the Eastern Church of Theodorias The mosaic model of this week 15 (April 11 to April 17) is my drawing of Nilotic landscape featuring some Ducks, Fish and Lotus. The…

Week 14 Mosaic Model : Lugdunum 05

4 April 2022

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources

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The 5th medallion of the great Lugdunum mosaic The mosaic model of this week 14 (April 2 to April 8) is my drawing of the 5th medallion of the great…

Week 13 Mosaic model : Libyan Oryx

30 March 2022

Design & Services, History & Archeology, Resources

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From the Eastern Church of Theodorias The mosaic model of this week 13 (March 28 to April 3) is a drawing of a pet Oryx antelope mosaic. The original mosaic…

Week 12 Mosaic Model : Lugdunum 04

21 March 2022

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