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Pavements > Opus Alexandrinum

Preferred term

Opus Alexandrinum  

Definition

  • Pavements consisting of black, porphyry, serpentine and other marble slabs, cut to simple geometric shapes and inlaid in paving slabs of a light color in repetitive geometrical patterns [Curl, alt.]; a form of Opus sectile, q.v.

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Notation

  • 119605

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-R771NF5K-P

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