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Mosaic Tesserae

Group of Byzantine mosaic tesserae spanning the sixth through fifteenth centuries, including glass, stone, and gold-leaf examples.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2016.10.1–.17

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Title: Mosaic Tesserae
Date: 6th–15th century
Medium: Glass, stone, gold leaf
Culture: Byzantine
Geography: Not asserted in archive
Classification: Mosaics
Source record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art object 2016.10.1–.17 ↗
Rights checked: 2026-09-10 · Public Domain

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Glass TesseraeMosaic Tesserae —exemplifies-material→ Glass Tesserae · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-240.Gold LeafMosaic Tesserae —uses-material→ Gold Leaf · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-241.Stone TesseraeMosaic Tesserae —uses-material→ Stone Tesserae · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-384.Rights & Provenance BoundaryMosaic Tesserae ←governs— Rights & Provenance Boundary · system-ruleWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-242.

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Mosaic Tesseraeexemplifies-materialGlass Tesseraeuses-materialMosaic
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Mosaic Tesseraeexemplifies-materialGlass Tesseraeuses-materialTessera Setting
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Mosaic Tesseraeuses-materialGold Leafcan-use-materialManuscript Illumination
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Glass Tesserae

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Stone Tesserae

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