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Mosaic
A monumental medium included within the Byzantine category of icons and church image programs.
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Materials Laboratory profile
Monumental mosaic
Mosaic + tesserae · 2 registered sources
Source-scope / reconstruction noteBIU does not infer mortar recipes or tessera orientation for monuments unless a source explicitly documents them.
Raw material / support3 records
Making technique1 record
Visual / physical effect1 record
Surviving object evidence1 record
Condition / reconstruction0 records
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Surviving objects
1 explicit edgeIcon types + scenes
0 explicit edgesNo explicit edge in this connection group.
History + chronology
1 explicit edgePlaces + sacred space
8 explicit edgesHosios Loukasvia Mosaic · ← uses-medium · example-backedNea Moni, Chiosvia Mosaic · ← uses-medium · example-backedDaphni Monasteryvia Mosaic · ← uses-medium · example-backedChora Church / Monasteryvia Mosaic · ← uses-medium · example-backedMount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monasteryvia Mosaic · ← uses-medium · source-backedSaint Sophia, Kyivvia Mosaic · ← uses-medium · source-backedSan Vitale, Ravennavia Mosaic · ← uses-medium · source-backedChurch of the Virgin of the Pharosvia Mosaic · ← uses-medium · qualified-source-backed
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Smarthistory
Mosaics and microcosm: the monasteries of Hosios Loukas, Nea Moni, and Daphni
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Mosaics and microcosm: the monasteries of Hosios Loukas, Nea Moni, and Daphni
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14 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 2 navigation themes
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Daphni–Hosios Loukas–Nea Moni Comparative SeriesMosaic ←uses-medium— Daphni–Hosios Loukas–Nea Moni Comparative Series · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-682.Glass TesseraeMosaic —uses-material→ Glass Tesserae · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-123.Gold GroundMosaic ←used-in— Gold Ground · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-106.Gold LeafMosaic —can-use-material→ Gold Leaf · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-124.
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- MosaicTwo explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
uses-mediumDaphni–Hosios Loukas–Nea Moni Comparative Seriesdoes-not-establish-routeGeographic Proximity ≠ Influence - MosaicTwo explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
uses-mediumDaphni–Hosios Loukas–Nea Moni Comparative Seriesincludes-comparative-seriesGreece & Aegean Atlas Region - Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
Beginner where-next
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Open learning step →Connected record
← usesPost-Iconoclast Church-Decoration Programs
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smarthistory
← uses-mediumDaphni–Hosios Loukas–Nea Moni Comparative Series
source-backed · UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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