Research Catalog

Title

A mosaic menagerie : creatures of land, sea and sky in Romano-British mosaics / Patricia Witts.

Author

Witts, Patricia

Publication

• Oxford, United Kingdom : British Archaeological Reports Ltd, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Description

xix, 266 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 30 cm

Summary

"Over 700 creatures of land, sea and sky have been recorded from at least 140 Romano-British mosaics. This comprehensively illustrated book is the first detailed study of them. It identifies and discusses the animals, assesses their role in floor decoration, and explains how they were much more than appealing decoration."--Back cover (page 4 of cover).

Series Statement

BAR British series ; 625

Uniform Title

BAR British series ; 625.

Alternative Title

Creatures of land, sea and sky in Romano-British mosaics

Subject

• Mosa!k
• To 1500
• Mosaics, Roman > England
• Animals > Symbolic aspects > History > England > To 1500
• Animals > Symbolic aspects > Rome
• Mosaics, Roman > England > Catalogs
• Animals in art
• Mosaics, Roman > Wales
• Animals > Symbolic aspects > History > Wales > To 1500
• Animals > Symbolic aspects
• Classical antiquities
• Mosaics, Roman
• Tiere Motiv
• England > Antiquities, Roman
• Wales > Antiquities, Roman
• England
• Rome (Empire)
• Wales
• Britannien

Genre/Form

• Catalogs.
• History.

Note

• "Catalogue": pages 149-210.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-236) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Quadrupeds and Snakes: Identification -- 3. Quadrupeds and Snakes: Discussion -- Quadrupeds and Snakes: Figures -- 4. Sea Creatures: Identification -- 5. Sea Creatures: Discussion -- Sea Creatures: Figures -- 6. Birds: Identification -- 7. Birds: Discussion -- Birds: Figures -- 8. Comparing the Creatures of Land, Sea and Sky -- Comparing the creatures of land, sea and sky -- Orpheus mosaics -- What is notable, unusual or absent in Romano-British animal mosaics -- 9. The Role and Meaning of the Animals -- Iconographical context -- Geographical distribution -- Subject matter and room function -- List of Mosaics in Catalogue -- Catalogue -- Figures and Plates Accompanying the Catalogue -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Animals Listed by the Mosaics in which they Appear -- Appendix 2. Mosaics with Animals Listed According to Types of Creature -- Appendix 3. Wave-Pattern Borders in Animal Mosaics -- Appendix 4. Romano-British Orpheus Mosaics -- Appendix 5. Dating the Mosaics.

ISBN

• 9781407315416
• 1407315412

OCLC

• ocn942839561
• 942839561
• SCSB-1855802

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library