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Figure 194: Use of gold tesserae, detail from the Early Christian vault mosaics of Sta. Constanza, Rome, c. 337-354 AD. Figure 200: Gold tesserae reflecting light to the viewer: from the Byzantine votive mosaic showing St. Demetrios between two donors, from Ayios Dimitrios, Thessaloniki, Greece, 7th century. Syrian mosaic Figure 195: Wide-spaced tesserae set at irregular angles in the head of a saint, detail from mosaics in the Chapel of S. Venanzio, Lateran Baptistery, Rome, c. 640 AD.
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Figure 194: Use of gold tesserae, detail from the Early Christian vault mosaics of Sta. Constanza, Rome, c. 337-354 AD.
Figure 200: Gold tesserae reflecting light to the viewer: from the Byzantine votive mosaic showing St. Demetrios between two donors, from Ayios Dimitrios, Thessaloniki, Greece, 7th century.
Syrian mosaic
Figure 195: Wide-spaced tesserae set at irregular angles in the head of a saint, detail from mosaics in the Chapel of S. Venanzio, Lateran Baptistery, Rome, c. 640 AD.
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