Liversidge, J. (1971). Wall-paintings from Verulamium Hertfordshire. In: n.e. Prehistoric and Roman Studies. pp. 87-93.
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Wall-paintings from Verulamium Hertfordshire | ||||
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Prehistoric and Roman Studies | ||||
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87 - 93 | ||||
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Two sections of wall-paintings of 2nd century date, recovered during the 1956 excavations, are on loan to the British Museum where they have been reconstructed. One painting has red panels outlined with black pilaster strips below which is a black, yellow and purple dado. Each panel has a perching bird framed by two tall candelabra joined with delicate swags. A graffito appears like a child's attempt to copy the bird. Parallels for this wall have to be sought in Mediterranean contexts, though there is a rather similar wall at Winchester. The other frieze shows part of a peopled scroll (pheasants and ?panther masks) and is unique in Britain, though parts of the design appear in, for instance, Cirencester mosaics. See also pp 200-205, same volume, for technical details of conservation of the red-panelled frieze and also of the Lullingstone Villa plaster by P H T Shorer. | ||||
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1971 | ||||
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05 Dec 2008 |
