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@wittspat.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:21 PM

For #MosaicMonday enthusiasts, the scene at lower left is closely paralleled (save for prey animal) in the East Coker mosaic serendipitously posted today by @forestcollectiv.bsky.social

@forestcollectiv.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:05 PM

#MosaicMonday & the East Coker Mosaic at the Museum of Somerset, Taunton
c4, the hunting scene may be a nod to the villa owners love of hunting

We caught this on a broader journey to North Devon & Cornwall which you can catch here >>>
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@followinghadrian.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 6:05 PM

#MosaicMonday – Mosaic depicting the capture of wild animals for Roman spectacles, including bears and wild boar. Originally measuring 15 × 9 m, it was discovered in 1904 in the Horti Liciniani in Rome and dates to the early 4th century AD.

📍 Centrale Montemartini, Rome.

@theromansoc.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 5:02 PM

Is this the best known 'Roman' mosaic? Cave Canem - beware of this dog at Pompeii. #MosaicMonday

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@anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 4:35 PM

For this #MosaicMonday we look up into the spectacular presbytery vault of San Vitale in #Ravenna. To me, the Ravenna #mosaics are an astonishing collection, the last magnificent product of late antiquity. But whose empire does this shimmering C6 CE ceiling actually represent? #AncientBluesky 🏺

PRESBYTERY VAULT MOSAICS, C. 547 CE. BASILICA OF SAN VITALE, RAVENNA

A view looking straight up into the vaulted ceiling of the presbytery. At the apex within a starry medallion is the Lamb of God. The central wreath is supported by four white robed angels, a visual inheritance from classical winged Victories. They stand upon blue globes, an ancient symbol of cosmic dominion. The vault sections are filled with a lush paradise of acanthus vines and birds, echoing Augustan imagery of abundance. This shared classical vocabulary reflects the complex political reality of C6 CE Ravenna. The basilica was begun under Ostrogothic rule, a regime using Roman art to present themselves as theoretically still part of the empire. When Justinian consecrated the church in c. 547 CE he did not have to replace the Ostrogothic aesthetic. The Gothic kings' official style was already Roman, allowing this final flowering of late antiquity to bridge two competing empires.

@chris-bh.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 3:08 PM

Does this count for #MosaicMonday?
The turquoise mask of the turquoise god Xiuhtecuhtli possibly given to the Conquistador Cortes by the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma ii and thus associating Cortes with this god.

@drjeball.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 1:59 PM

The entranceway to a #Roman house in #Pompeii, with a striking black & white mosaic leading into the rest of the house - still in the place it was first laid nearly 2000 years ago

#Archaeology #AncientBlueSky #MosaicMonday

@wittspat.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 12:15 PM

A second #MosaicMonday discussion of this panel. Now that everyone has had a chance to think about this, I will share what is in the Neal/Cosh mosaic corpus: they suggest one of four bicaudal tritons or anguipede giants supporting a circle, cf the Horkstow mosaic and similar egs abroad. 1/4

@wittspat.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 11:54 AM

Following last week's post, and prompted by a comment made then, I'm sharing two more details from Ras al-Hillal in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) to document this floor. On the left, a cup with a ? dove. On the right, a ? gazelle and a ? fruit tree.
📷1991
#MosaicMonday
#AncientBlueSky 🏺

Ancient mosaic showing a damaged cup with a rectangular base and two handles. A small bird, probably a dove, perches on the left handle. There are slabs of marble at the top of the photo.

A panel of ancient mosaic which is disintegrating. On the left, the remains of an animal, perhaps a gazelle. Its front legs are visible at lower left of the photo. On the right, the trunk and top part of an attractive ? fruit tree. Loose tesserae are scattered around.

@druidtombraider.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:13 AM

One of several Avian mosaics from the Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis, a vast early Christian basilica built in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in the 4th century CE and decorated with elaborate geometric and figural mosaics. Image Carole Raddato. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #MosaicMonday

@oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:36 AM

Love this dramatic shot, this mosaic must have stunned London when it was found in 1869! #MosaicMonday

This is the 'Bucklersbury Pavement' from the early 200s CE, probably part of a wealthy villa or baths in the centre of old Londinium

📸 The London Museum

🏺 #archaeology #ancientbluesky

A black and white illustration of Victorians on a walkway crowding around a roman mosaic open on the floor, with large buildings rising in the background

@heather1576.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:26 AM

Some of the beautiful mosaics in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. #MosaicMonday

A room within the museum with 3rd and 4th century mosaics displayed on the walls and floor.

A large mosaic with images of the months and seasons.

4th century mosaic from Villa del Soto de Ramalete (Tudela, Navarre). There are plant motifs, intertwined garlands, branches with flowers and fruits, and a dolphin towards the bottom.

@welwynarchsoc.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:11 AM

One for #MosaicMonday This example is under the cathedral in #Bari, #Italy and is the 6th century mosaic of Timothy. Hard to photograph in the dappled light but well worth a visit.

Photograph of a mosaic in a crypt below the cathedral. On the left is a area of interlocking geometric patterns ("scales"). This is divided from another panel by a semicircular band of interlace. On the right is a more complex area with circles and squares linked by a sinuous line within which is another square with more geometric patterns.

@bwallower.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:56 AM

Lively #MosaicMonday from posh C4 #Roman villa at Horkstow Lincs once featured wheel w Orpheus in centre enchanting animals including this bear, elephant (yes really) + 6 others in panels around him.
Now over Humber in Hull Museum of Archaeology 🏺
For painting of mosaics after 1797 discovery see 2/.

A partial survival of an interesting mosaic of Orpheus (who would have been in now missing centre of wheel like device) and 8 animals, 2 of which remain. In left remaining section is a part of a bear pouncing forward from hind legs. On right is an elephant, missing its trunk, with long legs. Below the wheel to the left a figure can be seen in the corner of the mosaic.
Two wide bands that would have bounded the mosaic are seen - one guilloche and one floral vault variation - with rows of triangles pointing up and down on a white line between them. Colours throughout the mosaic are shades of red/brown plus black, white and grey.

@archaeohawke.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:08 AM

#MosaicMonday
The #Roman mosaics of Villa del Tellaro near Noto, Syracuse, #Sicily.

The villa, dates from the 4th C AD. The floors of the three rooms are taped with mosaics depicting mythological, hunting and dancing scenes.
#Archaeology #History #Art

@archaeohawke.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 7:05 AM

#MosaicMonday
Mosaic of the capture of Europa, found in a #Roman villa at Torre tre Teste, on a road from Rome to Paestum (Palestrina), Italy - 1st/2nd century AD - Ny Carlsberg, Copenhagen.

#ancient #artwork #art #History

@observethedate.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 6:48 AM

#MemorialMonday
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#MistyMonday
#MondayBunting
#MondayLaundry
#Mondaysarebrutal
#MonumentMonday
#MopedMonday
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#MotteMonday
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@a3minutewonder.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 6:38 AM

#mosaicMonday
Designed by Yasha Shrimpton and made by Save the world club. Commissioned by John Lewis Kingston upon Thames.

The John Lewis store and Kingston bridge with the Thames running past.