Mosaics from Jiyeh/Porphyreon in Lebanon: the universality of mosaic art in late antiquity

In the Byzantine period mosaic floors became an essential element of interior decoration, in domestic as well as sacral spaces. Mosaic patterns spread all over the Mediterranean basin, even to the less significant settlements. Ancient Porphyreon (modern Jiyeh in Lebanon), a Levantine coastal village...

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Main Author: Aleksandra Pawlikowska-Gwiazda
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Warsaw Press 2019-12-01
Series:Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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Online Access:http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0013.6897