Nigel Moore
@tessellae.bsky.social
Fascinated by how Neolithic man became a social being and by the exquisite beauty of ancient mosaics, after 35 years in psychiatry. Alter ego @ostreology
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientWorld
This pebble mosaic fragment from an andron in #Sinope is dated to the 5th cent BC! The authors argue that the mosaics found there may be the earliest figural mosaics with mythological themes, predating those in Olynthos!
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#Classics/AncientWorld
This pebble mosaic fragment from an andron in #Sinope is dated to the 5th cent BC! The authors argue that the mosaics found there may be the earliest figural mosaics with mythological themes, predating those in Olynthos!
acikerisim.uludag.edu.tr/server/api/c...
December 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientWorld
This pebble mosaic fragment from an andron in #Sinope is dated to the 5th cent BC! The authors argue that the mosaics found there may be the earliest figural mosaics with mythological themes, predating those in Olynthos!
acikerisim.uludag.edu.tr/server/api/c...
#Classics/AncientWorld
This pebble mosaic fragment from an andron in #Sinope is dated to the 5th cent BC! The authors argue that the mosaics found there may be the earliest figural mosaics with mythological themes, predating those in Olynthos!
acikerisim.uludag.edu.tr/server/api/c...
For #MosaicMonday
#AncientBlueSky
This white on black pebble mosaic from an andron in a private house shows Dionysos on a chariot drawn by two panthers and in a flowing chiton or chlamys led on by a naked male surrounded on all sides by a train of swirling, dancing maenads, some pulling small deer
#AncientBlueSky
This white on black pebble mosaic from an andron in a private house shows Dionysos on a chariot drawn by two panthers and in a flowing chiton or chlamys led on by a naked male surrounded on all sides by a train of swirling, dancing maenads, some pulling small deer
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
For #MosaicMonday
#AncientBlueSky
This white on black pebble mosaic from an andron in a private house shows Dionysos on a chariot drawn by two panthers and in a flowing chiton or chlamys led on by a naked male surrounded on all sides by a train of swirling, dancing maenads, some pulling small deer
#AncientBlueSky
This white on black pebble mosaic from an andron in a private house shows Dionysos on a chariot drawn by two panthers and in a flowing chiton or chlamys led on by a naked male surrounded on all sides by a train of swirling, dancing maenads, some pulling small deer
Grey dusk shadows the sky
From the light of the lake
No sound is heard on high
Its brume still lies awake
From the light of the lake
No sound is heard on high
Its brume still lies awake
December 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Grey dusk shadows the sky
From the light of the lake
No sound is heard on high
Its brume still lies awake
From the light of the lake
No sound is heard on high
Its brume still lies awake
#MosaicMonday
#ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky
Found only last year in #Eretria on the island of Evia in an andron where symposia would have taken place. With two satyrs, cronies of Dionysos, one of whom is playing the aulos and the other presumably dancing
#ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky
Found only last year in #Eretria on the island of Evia in an andron where symposia would have taken place. With two satyrs, cronies of Dionysos, one of whom is playing the aulos and the other presumably dancing
November 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#MosaicMonday
#ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky
Found only last year in #Eretria on the island of Evia in an andron where symposia would have taken place. With two satyrs, cronies of Dionysos, one of whom is playing the aulos and the other presumably dancing
#ClassicsBlueSky
#AncientBlueSky
Found only last year in #Eretria on the island of Evia in an andron where symposia would have taken place. With two satyrs, cronies of Dionysos, one of whom is playing the aulos and the other presumably dancing
For #MosaicMonday
This sumptuous pebble mosaic, made up of flowers, leaves and spirals, a wonder of symmetrical beauty and precision from the oikos of the palace in Aigai (modern Vergina) has four females in each corner whose dresses morph into a palmette. Middle of 4th cent BC
This sumptuous pebble mosaic, made up of flowers, leaves and spirals, a wonder of symmetrical beauty and precision from the oikos of the palace in Aigai (modern Vergina) has four females in each corner whose dresses morph into a palmette. Middle of 4th cent BC
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For #MosaicMonday
This sumptuous pebble mosaic, made up of flowers, leaves and spirals, a wonder of symmetrical beauty and precision from the oikos of the palace in Aigai (modern Vergina) has four females in each corner whose dresses morph into a palmette. Middle of 4th cent BC
This sumptuous pebble mosaic, made up of flowers, leaves and spirals, a wonder of symmetrical beauty and precision from the oikos of the palace in Aigai (modern Vergina) has four females in each corner whose dresses morph into a palmette. Middle of 4th cent BC
Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy (1755-1849) - what a name too ! - was the first in 1806 to write about #polychromy in ancient Greek art m. And what a colourful life he led!
#ancientbluesky
#ancientbluesky
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy (1755-1849) - what a name too ! - was the first in 1806 to write about #polychromy in ancient Greek art m. And what a colourful life he led!
#ancientbluesky
#ancientbluesky
Birds of a feather!
From the Louvre (I’m assuming it’s still there😃)
Provenance Daphne near Antakya beginning of 3rd cent AD
#MosaicMonday
From the Louvre (I’m assuming it’s still there😃)
Provenance Daphne near Antakya beginning of 3rd cent AD
#MosaicMonday
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Birds of a feather!
From the Louvre (I’m assuming it’s still there😃)
Provenance Daphne near Antakya beginning of 3rd cent AD
#MosaicMonday
From the Louvre (I’m assuming it’s still there😃)
Provenance Daphne near Antakya beginning of 3rd cent AD
#MosaicMonday
Reposted by Nigel Moore
First Human-Faced Pillar Discovered at Karahantepe
#archaeology #karahantepe #tastepeler #gobeklitepe #news #neolithic #turkiye
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#archaeology #karahantepe #tastepeler #gobeklitepe #news #neolithic #turkiye
www.archaeologs.com/n/first-huma...
First Human-Faced Pillar Discovered at Karahantepe - Archaeologs
Recent archaeological excavations at Karahantepe have brought to light a remarkable find from the depths of prehistory: a T-shaped pillar bearing the depiction of a human face. This discovery reshapes...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
First Human-Faced Pillar Discovered at Karahantepe
#archaeology #karahantepe #tastepeler #gobeklitepe #news #neolithic #turkiye
www.archaeologs.com/n/first-huma...
#archaeology #karahantepe #tastepeler #gobeklitepe #news #neolithic #turkiye
www.archaeologs.com/n/first-huma...
Something different for #MosaicMonday a micromosaic! A copy of the mosaic of doves mentioned by Pliny but copied from the mosaic found in Hadrian’s villa, itself a copy. This micromosaic made of tiny glass tesserae, 56mm, in 1779 by Giacomo Rafaelli in Rome
📷 Trustees of British Museum
📷 Trustees of British Museum
September 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Something different for #MosaicMonday a micromosaic! A copy of the mosaic of doves mentioned by Pliny but copied from the mosaic found in Hadrian’s villa, itself a copy. This micromosaic made of tiny glass tesserae, 56mm, in 1779 by Giacomo Rafaelli in Rome
📷 Trustees of British Museum
📷 Trustees of British Museum
Details of the late 4th cent BC pebble mosaic in #Pella from an andron showing exquisite use of skiagraphia and chiaroscuro perhaps of the figures of Alexander (l) and his friend Hephaistos and signed by Gnosis
(Had the entire site to myself!)
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientBlueSky
(Had the entire site to myself!)
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientBlueSky
September 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Details of the late 4th cent BC pebble mosaic in #Pella from an andron showing exquisite use of skiagraphia and chiaroscuro perhaps of the figures of Alexander (l) and his friend Hephaistos and signed by Gnosis
(Had the entire site to myself!)
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientBlueSky
(Had the entire site to myself!)
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientBlueSky
September 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
For those who can read Swedish my article in Svenska Dagbladet about pebble mosaics and the floor as a spectacle
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
July 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
For those who can read Swedish my article in Svenska Dagbladet about pebble mosaics and the floor as a spectacle
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientWorld
#mosaics
#SvDKultur
Min understreckare i dagens SvD om kiselstensmosaikens utveckling. Jag ville ha en bild av Kronhjortsjakten i Pella men Pressens bildmaterial saknade en sådan, tyvärr
www.svd.se/a/939Kgl/de-...
#mosaics
#SvDKultur
Min understreckare i dagens SvD om kiselstensmosaikens utveckling. Jag ville ha en bild av Kronhjortsjakten i Pella men Pressens bildmaterial saknade en sådan, tyvärr
www.svd.se/a/939Kgl/de-...
Jakt, hjältar och mystiska varelser
Från golv till väggar, och från privatbostäder till de bysantinska kyrkorna. Som konstart har mosaiken en lång, rik och varierad historia – som äntligen börjar få den uppmärksamhet den förtjänar.
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July 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
#Classics/AncientWorld
#mosaics
#SvDKultur
Min understreckare i dagens SvD om kiselstensmosaikens utveckling. Jag ville ha en bild av Kronhjortsjakten i Pella men Pressens bildmaterial saknade en sådan, tyvärr
www.svd.se/a/939Kgl/de-...
#mosaics
#SvDKultur
Min understreckare i dagens SvD om kiselstensmosaikens utveckling. Jag ville ha en bild av Kronhjortsjakten i Pella men Pressens bildmaterial saknade en sådan, tyvärr
www.svd.se/a/939Kgl/de-...
#MosaicMonday
Why was Sosos so famous acc to Pliny? He mentions two mosaics seemingly in the same room in Pergamon, both starting a mosaic meme as copies were made long after. None of his mosaics have survived (stolen as war booty as he was so celebrated?). This is a fragment of a mosaic ….1/
Why was Sosos so famous acc to Pliny? He mentions two mosaics seemingly in the same room in Pergamon, both starting a mosaic meme as copies were made long after. None of his mosaics have survived (stolen as war booty as he was so celebrated?). This is a fragment of a mosaic ….1/
July 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#MosaicMonday
Why was Sosos so famous acc to Pliny? He mentions two mosaics seemingly in the same room in Pergamon, both starting a mosaic meme as copies were made long after. None of his mosaics have survived (stolen as war booty as he was so celebrated?). This is a fragment of a mosaic ….1/
Why was Sosos so famous acc to Pliny? He mentions two mosaics seemingly in the same room in Pergamon, both starting a mosaic meme as copies were made long after. None of his mosaics have survived (stolen as war booty as he was so celebrated?). This is a fragment of a mosaic ….1/
#MosaicMonday
#AncientBlueSky
An unusually early polychrome pebble mosaic of a female (deity?) from Epidamnos (Durrës, Albania). Second half 4th cent BC
📷 @albania360.com
#AncientBlueSky
An unusually early polychrome pebble mosaic of a female (deity?) from Epidamnos (Durrës, Albania). Second half 4th cent BC
📷 @albania360.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#MosaicMonday
#AncientBlueSky
An unusually early polychrome pebble mosaic of a female (deity?) from Epidamnos (Durrës, Albania). Second half 4th cent BC
📷 @albania360.com
#AncientBlueSky
An unusually early polychrome pebble mosaic of a female (deity?) from Epidamnos (Durrës, Albania). Second half 4th cent BC
📷 @albania360.com
opus vermiculatum:
It is the use of minute tesserae arranged mostly in a curvilinear way (ie wormlike) primarily to outline and model figures and allows the mosaicist to imitate and even emulate the finest lines of a painter’s brush by being able to condense colour and shading
#MosaicMonday
It is the use of minute tesserae arranged mostly in a curvilinear way (ie wormlike) primarily to outline and model figures and allows the mosaicist to imitate and even emulate the finest lines of a painter’s brush by being able to condense colour and shading
#MosaicMonday
June 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
opus vermiculatum:
It is the use of minute tesserae arranged mostly in a curvilinear way (ie wormlike) primarily to outline and model figures and allows the mosaicist to imitate and even emulate the finest lines of a painter’s brush by being able to condense colour and shading
#MosaicMonday
It is the use of minute tesserae arranged mostly in a curvilinear way (ie wormlike) primarily to outline and model figures and allows the mosaicist to imitate and even emulate the finest lines of a painter’s brush by being able to condense colour and shading
#MosaicMonday
Reposted by Nigel Moore
(7) Scanning Herculaneum Scrolls at Scale
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Scanning Herculaneum Scrolls at Scale
This week, we quadrupled the library of scanned scrolls from Herculaneum
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April 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
(7) Scanning Herculaneum Scrolls at Scale
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For #MosaicMonday Four mosaics from Anatolia preceding Greek pebble mosaics
April 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For #MosaicMonday Four mosaics from Anatolia preceding Greek pebble mosaics
The apotropaic sign of Tanit from the vestibule in the House of Dolphins owned by wealthy Phoenician on Delos.
📷 me
#MosaicMonday
📷 me
#MosaicMonday
April 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The apotropaic sign of Tanit from the vestibule in the House of Dolphins owned by wealthy Phoenician on Delos.
📷 me
#MosaicMonday
📷 me
#MosaicMonday
A humourous trompe l’oeil touch on this fragment made by this mosaicist who worked under Attalus Ii around 160BC in Pergamon- bit like a Post-it note!
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientGreece
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientGreece
![Hephaistiom made [this]
Pergamonmuseum Berlin](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jltqsb7tt63owuoeevtlzovg/bafkreibufnhwxyiilal4l3yesifbn565tf76ibkqwgpm7luofhvocb3t6q@jpeg)
March 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A humourous trompe l’oeil touch on this fragment made by this mosaicist who worked under Attalus Ii around 160BC in Pergamon- bit like a Post-it note!
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientGreece
#MosaicMonday
#Classics/AncientGreece
