![]() Archaeological Antropological Sci 6:345–362ĭi Vita A (1972-1973) La Villa di Piazza Armerina e l’arte musiva in Sicilia, in Kokalos. Cronache di Archeologia 23:58–73ĭi Bella M, Quartieri S, Sabatino G, Santalucia F, Triscari M (2014) The glass mosaic tesserae of “Villa del Casale” (Piazza Armerina, Italy): a multi-technique archaeometric study. Appl Phys A 100:927–935ĭe Miro E (1984) La villa del Casale di Piazza Armerina. Chemical composition, state of preservation and production technology. Flaccovio, Palermo.Ĭroveri P, Fragalà I, Ciliberto E (2010) Analysis of glass tesserae from the mosaics of the “Villa del Casale” near Piazza Armerina (Enna, Italy). Immagine di una aristocratico romano al tempo Costantino, 1982. J Archaeol Sci 37:994–1005Ĭarandini, A., Ricci, A., de Vos M., Filosofiana. Musiva Sectilia 5:169–190īrilli M, Antonelli F, Giustini F, Lazzarini L, Pensabene P (2010) Black limestones used in antiquity: the petrographic, isotopic and EPR database for provenance determination. Corning, New Yorkīrill RH (2008) Chemical analyses of some glass mosaic tesserae from Hosios Loukas and San Nicolò di Lido. Notizia degli Scavi di Antichità VIII(I):252–253īrill RH (1999) Chemical analyses of early glasses. Archaeometry 52(5):796–815īernabò Brea L (1947) Restauri dei mosaici del Casale. Archaeometry 52(4):575–596Īrletti R, Fiori C, Vandini M (2010) A study of glass tesserae from mosaics in the monasteries of Daphni and Hosios Loukas (Greece). Caltanissetta, RomaĪntonelli F, Lazzarini L, Cancelliere S, Dessandier D (2010) On the white and coloured marbles of the Roman town of Cuicul (Djemila, Algeria). and thus to testify to a hitherto unknown ancient restoration of the Villa mosaics.ĪA.VV., 1955. As for the glass tesserae, the results of the chemical analysis of a few samples (mostly erratic) have allowed to date them to the fifth- to sixth-century and to the eighth- to ninth-century A.D. ![]() The obtained results had shown that the white and pinkish tesserae were exclusively made of local (from the Caltanissetta province) limestones, while the black ones were cut from an obsidian, likely of a Liparote origin the turquoise and gold-leaf tesserae were exclusively made of glass manufactured according to the Roman and Byzantine tradition while both stone and glass were used for the dark and yellow hues ( giallo antico was identified among stone yellow hues). The laboratory techniques used were SEM-EDS on polished sections, powder XRD and polarised OM on thin sections, extended to reference stones found in a Villa’s ancient storehouse. Before a recent restoration of the Villa, it was possible to take a representative sampling of coloured glass and stone tesserae from the baths’ floors that were examined by chemical and minero-petrographic analysis, respectively, with the goal of determining the production-centre/s of the glass, and the provenance of the stones. The Villa del Casale at Piazza Armerina (Sicily) is world famous for its beautiful and extensive mosaic floors dating to the fourth-century A.D. ![]()
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