Wall mosaics of Thessaloniki: A comparative study of the brown tesserae
Maria Kyranoudi,
Lamprini Malletzidou,
Triantafillia Zorba
et al.
Abstract:The present study focuses on the archaeometric investigation of ten brown tesserae belonging to Early Christian/Byzantine wall mosaics of three monuments of Thessaloniki, inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO: Rotunda, St. Sophia and St. Demetrios. The tesserae were analyzed via Optical Microscopy (OM), Scanning Electron Microscopy‐Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM‐EDS), X Ray Diffraction (XRD) and UV‐Vis Reflectance Spectroscopy in order to define their composition and technological characteristics… Show more
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