Southern Dobunnic Group
As Southern Dobunnic Group ( South Dobunnische group ) in research a group of mosaics from Britain called, have certain similarities, can be so assumed that they all come from a single workshop, probably based in Aquae Sulis (the modern bath ). Typical of these mosaics are swastika - meander patterns, blue, simple rhombuses , interlocking circles, a chalice. The workshop operated in the second half of the fourth century AD.
The modern name Southern Dobunnic Group is derived from the Celtic tribe of the Dobunni , who lived in the area of the Avon in southwestern Britain during Roman times . The grouping continues a system established by David J. Smith in 1969, which assigns Roman mosaics in Britain with similar patterns and motifs to individual schools or workshops. The groups are usually named after the Roman city in which the seat of a workshop is assumed, sometimes also after the region in which the mosaics were found. Stephen R. Cosh proposed the Southern Dobunnic Group name for mosaics in South West England in 1998 , including those of Villa Rustica in Wellow parish in Somerset and Villa Rustica near Littlecote in Wiltshire .
Interlocking circles, bottom left (decoration is modern restoration based on old drawings)
Individual evidence
- ^ DJ Smith: The Mosaic Pavements . In: ALF Rivet (Ed.): The Roman Villa in Britain , pp. 71–125, London 1969
- ↑ Stephen R. Cosh: Mosaic schools, officinae and groups in fourth century Roman Britain: an appreciation of the contribution made by Dr. David Smith and his legacy. Mosaic, 25, pp. 9-14, 1998
literature
- 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. 28-29.