technique
Miniature Mosaic
Portable mosaic technique using tiny tesserae, exemplified by late Byzantine icons such as the Met’s Virgin Eleousa.
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Materials Laboratory profile
Miniature mosaic
Mosaic + tesserae · 1 registered source
Source-scope / reconstruction noteThe profile is bounded to the documented portable Eleousa example and does not universalize its wax-set construction to every micromosaic icon.
Raw material / support3 records
Making technique1 record
Surviving object evidence1 record
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Surviving objects
5 explicit edgesIcon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variantvia Wood Panel · ← uses-material · source-backedFour Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)via Wood Panel · ← uses-material · source-backedMosaic Tesseraevia Glass Tesserae · ← exemplifies-material · source-backedMosaic Tesseraevia Gold Leaf · ← uses-material · source-backedFour Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)via Gold Leaf · ← can-use-material · source-backed
Icon types + scenes
2 explicit edgesHistory + chronology
1 explicit edgePlaces + sacred space
1 explicit edgeTechnical source trail
Sources supporting this making profile.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
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Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
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Discovery profile
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4 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 3 navigation themes
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Portable Icon with the Virgin EleousaMiniature Mosaic ←uses-technique— Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-211.Post-Iconoclast Icon Forms and CoversMiniature Mosaic ←includes— Post-Iconoclast Icon Forms and Covers · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-339.MosaicMiniature Mosaic —is-portable-form-of→ Mosaic · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-125.Virgin EleousaMiniature Mosaic ←uses-medium— Virgin Eleousa · example-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-044.
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- Miniature MosaicTwo explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
uses-techniquePortable Icon with the Virgin EleousagovernsRights & Provenance Boundary - Miniature MosaicTwo explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
uses-techniquePortable Icon with the Virgin Eleousaincludes-object-production-evidenceConstantinopolitan Luxury Production Network
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Source trail
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
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Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
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public-domain-image-and-open-access-data
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