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Cosmati work
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Cosmati work: see mosaic mosaic (mōzā`ĭk), art of arranging colored pieces of marble, glass, tile, wood, or other material to produce a surface ornament.
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Cosmati work

Type of decorative inlay or mosaic used by Roman decorators and architects in the 12th–13th centuries. Small pieces of coloured stone and glass were combined with strips and disks of white marble arranged in geometric patterns. Cosmati work was used for architectural decoration and church furnishings. The term derives from craftsmen of several families named Cosmatus.
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Porphyry has a literature of its own, but one that until now has concentrated on two time slots - the lavish use of porphyry by Imperial Rome following its conquest of Egypt, and the medieval use of porphyry, fueled by the emergence of a newly aggressive papacy and the brilliance of the Cosmati workshops.
The Triumph of Vulcan: Sculptors' Tools, Porphyry, and the Prince in ... by Pincus, Debra / Renaissance Quarterly
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