Aquileia Basilica [South Hall, first span] – Left Sector

In the left sector of the first span, crosses and irregular hexagons delimit on the floor octagonal surfaces in which the mosaicists have inserted various figures. Two octagons are decorated with water containers; an octagon with two cuttlefishes; four with the bust of a bidder; four with a geometric knot, four (one is missing) with a dolphin and four octagons, arranged in a cross, with bird on a flowering branch.

The photo highlights the net of geometrical figures defining the distribution of the decorations created around to central octagon decorated with two cuttlefishes.

 

Source: Comune di Aquileia

 

315 – 320 AD

Aquileia, Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta

 

 

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