The Basilica Santa Maria de Assunta in Aquileia, Italy started as a Church immediately after 313 AD. when the Edict of Milan put an end to religious persecution. From that…
Capital of the Allobroges The City of Vienne is one of France’s biggest repositories of Roman Tile work. Located 35 km (22 miles) South of Lyon, Vienne was originally the…
South of the Loire River, the Empire lasted… While Britain and Northern Gaule had been lost for the Empire since the late 3rd century, Roman culture and values were still…
The Gallo-Roman villa of Lalonquette Close to the Roman road from Aire-sur-l’Adour (Vicus Iluii) to Lescar (Beneharmun), on the edge of the Gabas river, the Villa of Lalonquette is a…
An other gorgeous but no so simple Roman pattern This Roman Tile 04 is quite elegant and gives an impression of volume. Here is an example using the 3 basic …
Ktisis – the process of becoming in 5th and 6th century Byzantine mosaics. The personification of Ktisis often appears in different contexts, religious as well as profane, in floor mosaics…
An other gorgeously simple Roman mosaic pattern. This is an other simple and elegant pattern. Its architecture allows for 3 colors to be used. Roman Tile – 087, 3 x…
I received this week-end a lovely phone call from Leda Kendig. Leda lives in Ohio and received as a Christmas gift my Christos mosaic, which I made in the style…
An other gorgeously simple Roman mosaic pattern. This is an other simple and elegant pattern. Plain bicolor, it has been used in many places. Roman Tile – 003, 3 x…