Roman Mosaics of Britain: South-East BritainIlluminata Publishers for the Society of Antiquaries of London, 2009 - Great Britain |
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apse Archaeol Soc band Bignor black and white blue-grey border Boxmoor Britain Britannia buff building cat entry Chichester Chilgrove coarse red tessellated Colchester colours compartments corner Cunliffe 1971a Décor Dimensions and date DJ Smith double fillet early fourth century east Excavations Figure Fishbourne floor flower Found fragment of mosaic Frere frigidarium guilloche outlined heart-shaped hypocaust Insula known Lane Late first century line drawing location of mosaics Loose tesserae Lost lozenges Lysons Merrifield 1965 Mosaic motifs Museum of London octagons opus signinum outlined dark grey painting by DSN pale grey pattern paved petals poised squares porticus possibly probably RCHM red and white red tesserae REFERENCES Roach Smith Roman Britain Roman villa Romano-British Room rows scheme scroll shaded red side Silchester simple guilloche Southwark Southwark Street strands survived Sussex swastika-meander tangent third century triangles Verulamium Verulamium Museum wall Watling Street white tesserae Winchester Palace yellow and white