Matteo
| Name of structure: | Matteo |
| Extended name of structure: | Duomo di Salerno |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Italy |
| Region within country or main area: | Campania |
| City or area within region: | Salerno |
| Date of structure: | 11C-12C, 20C. |
| Century of structure 1: | 11 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 20 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Apse;聽apse arch; south side apse; west wall; two ambos; lunette above main entrance;聽fragments in the Cathedral Museum. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Main apse: Virgin, angels, donors, bishops. |
| Date of mosaic: | Lunette,聽south apse: 13C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 13 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 20 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | Yes |
| Samples taken from where? | 14 tesserae of those kept in the Cathedral Museum (Marchese and Garzillo (1984). |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1930s, 1980s (after earthquake) |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Marchese, B. & Garzillo, V., 'An investigation of the mosaics in the Cathedral of Salerno. Part II. Characterization of some mosaic tesserae',聽Studies in Conservation聽29/1 (1984),聽10-6. Marchese, B. & Garzillo, V., 'An investigation of the mosaics in the Cathedral of Salerno. Part I. Characterization of binding materials',聽Studies in Conservation聽28/3 (1983),聽127-32. Kitzinger, E. 'The first mosaic decoration of Salerno Cathedral', Jahrbuch der 脰sterreichischen Byzantinistik 21 (1972), 149-62. |
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