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Les pavements d'opus signinum: Technique, décor, fonction architecturale
Véronique Vassal
'Opus signinum' is an antique floor-covering technique, especially noted in the Mediterranean area. The technique is based on a waterproof mortar of a mixture of lime, water and tile powder which gives it a reddish colour. This current research focused mainly on the opus signinum process as recorded in the antique literature (especially Vitrivius and Pliny) and then scientific analysis, in order to define the composition of the mortar. Over 100 pavements from Mediterranean countries (5th c BC – 2nd c AD) have been compiled in the catalogue, making it possible to study the ornamental patterns and the various uses the rooms/spaces were put to.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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REMERCIEMENTS
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AVERTISSEMENT AUX LECTEURS
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TABLE DES MATIERES
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INTRODUCTION
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CATALOGUE
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PARTIE I L’OPUS SIGNINUM ET SA TECHNIQUE
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1. L'APPORT DES SOURCES ANTIQUES
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2. TECHNIQUE DE L'OPUS SIGNINUM
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3. TYPOLOGIE DES TECHNIQUES VOISINES
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4. ANALYSES CHIMIQUES ET OBSERVATIONS PHYSIQUES
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5. CADRE CHRONOLOGIQUE ET GEOGRAPHIQUE: APPARITION, EVOLUTION ET EXTENSION DE LA TECHNIQUE DANS LE BASSIN MEDITERRANEEN
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PARTIE II LE DECOR, MOTIFS DECORATIFS, PEINTURE
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1. DESCRIPTION ET CLASSIFICATION DES DECORS
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2. LA COMPOSITION
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3. LES DIFFERENTS MATERIAUX UTILISES, LEURS FORMES, LEURS COULEURS
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4. LES DIFFERENTES INFLUENCES SUR LES DECORS
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PARTIE III FONCTION ARCHITECTURALE
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1. LES DIFFERENTS TYPES D’EDIFICES
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2. REPARTITION DES DIFFERENTS MOTIFS DECORATIFS DANS LES PIECES
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3. LES DECORS
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CONCLUSION
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CATALOGUE
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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INDEX
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BIBLIOGRAPHIE
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Published: 2006
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407329215 (ebook)
- 9781841719085 (paperback)
BAR Number: S1472
- Greece, Aegean, Crete and Black Sea
- Architecture / Domestic and Urban Buildings and Space / Urbanism
- Art / Sculpture / Gems / Seals
- Catalogues / Collections / Indexes / Bibliographies
- Roman
- Africa
- Epigraphy / Ancient and Medieval Texts / Papyri
- Craft working (general titles, bone, glass, textiles, etc.)
- Mediterranean
- Archaeometry / Scientific Dating