At our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, St Margaret's, Newlands, Glasgow, the floor has a marvellous mosaic. It was laid in 1958 to celebrate the church's 50th anniversary. The mosaic shows children, plus their playthings, and represents children from past congregations.

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#mosaic by Santiago Padrós in the Colegiata de Vigo, Spain. #mosaicMonday #blueskymonday #religiousart #anzaa #eck #photography

Hallucination a 🧵- #AI with practical relevance to followers of #MosaicMonday.
AI (I call him Hal these days - we are getting on really well) tells me:
'Why I "Hallucinate". I do not actually *know* facts. I predict the next logical word in a sentence based on probability. If you ask me for ... 1/5

For #mosaicmonday here is a photo of my #stainedglass mosaic portrait of #robertdeniro

As problem floors are a bit of a theme in my life at the moment, here's a 'spot-the-delightful-bouncy animals' one from Ras al-Hillal in Cyrenaica (modern Libya). Byzantine, I think. Wonder whether this still survives? Context follows. 1/2
📷1991
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Deer Mosaic from the Small Basilica of Philippopolis, dated to the 5th century AD, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; courtesy of Carole Radatto. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #MosaicMonday

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An octopus fighting a lobster surrounded by a myriad of fish and mollusc species.
Pompeii, House of the Geometric Mosaics, c1stC BC
NAM
📷 my own

Do you feel like you’ve just been tossed unceremoniously into a chariot race? Welcome to the all new *empathetic* #MosaicMonday where your feelings about still having to engage in capitalism while tech billionaires ruin it for us all are validated by ancient mosaics.

#AncientBluesky🏺

So, this is a great opportunity to ask all followers of #MosaicMonday what they think the pointy feature is below the animals. (Hint: some ideas seem more likely than others but no one really knows for sure. Including me 😁)

A scene of animals hunting at the #Roman villa in Desenzano del Garda.

📸 Us

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Unusual floor from 2C BC #Roman Taranto, excavated 1940.
Panel w recurring wavy border frames a large lozenge w acanthus leaves in a radial pattern of alternating autumnal colours plus 'pistrice' (sea monster) in the corner.
In MArTA.

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Cave elephantum !! 🐘

A cheeky tessellated elephant guarding the threshold / welcoming visitors on a modern recreation of a #Roman mosaic at Avalon Archaeology

📷 Aug 2026

Based on an adorable betrunked quadruped found on a #Roman floor at Whatley #Somerset 😍

Happy #MosaicMonday

Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile, Albi, France

Mosaic floor in front of side chapel altar in this amazing cathedral.

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This Coptic church was opened in 2017 in the heart of Melbourne. In its entrance lobby (on the ground floor of a large office block) is this vibrant mosaic of the holy family fleeing to Egypt. I love the donkey with his knowing glance.

⛪️ St Verena & St Bishoy, Melbourne
📷mine
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Golden glow✨ The high altar niche of San Giacometto in Venice at Rialto has a mosaic backdrop behind Alessandro Vittoria’s 1602 marble statue of St James. Commissioned by the Casaroli guild, the warm tesserae act as a light reflector in the dim nave. #MosaicMonday

St Peter’s Italian church
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St Peter’s Italian church
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The 4th century ‘Leopard and Gazelle Mosaic’ from Dewlish Roman Villa in Dorset. The mosaic is now part of the collections at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Dorset