Durnovarian Group

The Durnovarian Group ( Durnovarian Group or Durnovarian School ) is the modern name for a group of mosaics that were found in the south-west of England and have so much in common that it can be assumed that they all come from one workshop. This workshop was probably located in or near Durnovaria . This school was first postulated by DJ Smith. Figurative scenes are typical of this school, whereas otherwise geometric patterns dominate mosaics in Britain . Mythological scenes and hunting scenes are particularly popular , as are rows of dolphins . The compositions of the mosaics are generally rather simple with a central round picture and a field division of nine circles or squares. The workshop created its work in the fourth century AD.

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  Mosaic from the Villa Rustica of Hinton St Mary

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  Mosaic from East Coker's Villa Rustica

literature

• DJ Smith: Three fourth century schools of mosaics in Roman Britain. In: La Mosaique Gréco-Romaine. Vol. 1, 1963 (1965), ZDB -ID 772791-4 , pp. 95-115.
• Stephen R. Cosh, David S. Neal: Roman Mosaics of Britain. Volume 2: South-West Britain. Illuminata Publishers for the Society of Antiquaries of London, London 2005, ISBN 0-9547916-1-4 , pp. 22-25.