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Cosmatesque, or Cosmati, is a
style of
geometric decorative inlay stonework typical of the
architecture of
Medieval Italy, and
especially of Rome and...
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peaks of
Mount Meru. A
quincunx is one of the
quintessential designs of
Cosmatesque inlay stonework. A
quincuncial map is a
conformal map
projection that...
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mostly for
church floors.
Their name is
commemorated in the
genre of
Cosmatesque work,
often just
called "Cosmati", a
technique of opus
sectile ("cut...
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older buildings survive.
Among them the
pavement of
medieval Cosmatesque work, and the
statues of
Saint Peter and
Saint Paul, now in the cloister...
- porphyry.
Their designs in Rome
became so po****r that they were
known as
Cosmatesque. Rome is
widely regarded as
being the
second Renaissance capital of Italy...
- 1933. It has four
columns of
pavonazzetto marble, all
decorated with
Cosmatesque mosaic, and a
temple roof. The
former canopy was destro**** in 1589; fragments...
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Ruins of the
Stoudios Monastery, with verd
antique colonnade and
Cosmatesque floor in situ...
- Inside, the
choir enclosure and
pulpit have
Cosmatesque decoration, and
there is also a fine
Cosmatesque Paschal candlestick from the 12th or 13th century...
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Medieval interlace decoration in Anglo-Saxon art and elsewhere.
Medieval Cosmatesque stone inlay designs with two
ribbons winding around a
series of regular...
- Porta. The
Cosmatesque pulpit, the balustrades, the
altar frontal and
episcopal chair behind the
altar (in pale blue,
unusual in
Cosmatesque work) may...
