MOSAIC HISTORY: North Africa:
20064 TUNISIAN MOSAICS, Treasures from Roman Africa £19.99
Aicha ben Abed, The Getty Conservation Institute, USA, 2006, 138pp, illustrated throughout in full colour, 25.5 x 20.5 cm, paperback
The Roman mosaics of Tunisia are some of the finest and most famous in the world and this new volume introduces the reader to some of the best. The text is written from a basic viewpoint, but still contains much of interest and will hopefully tempt you to deeper study in...............
19060 STORIES IN STONE, Conserving Mosaics from the National Museums of Tunisia £50.00
Aicha ben Abed, Getty Conservation Institute, USA, 2006, 188pp, 160 colour illustrations, 28.0 x 25.0 cm, cloth, dustwrapper
.......And this is the one with the in-depth study of Tunisian mosaics in all their glory! Essentially a detailed catalogue of the mosaics of Tunisia with a description of their origin and iconography, so don’t be misled by the subtitle; it doesn’t cover actual conservation! Excellent colour illustrations throughout.
01058 ARABESQUES, Decorative Art in Morocco £90.00
Jean-Marc Castéra, ACR Editions, France, 1999, English text, 480pp, 700 colour illus, cased and boxed
This superb volume contains fascinating illustrations of the cut tile mosaic work which is such a distinctive feature of North African architecture. There are also drawings showing how the designs were worked out geometrically. Also includes sections on decorative plasterwork and a number of other subjects.
01086 THE ART OF THE ISLAMIC TILE £40.00
Gerard Degeorge & Yves Porter, Flammarion, France, October 2002, English text, 288pp, 394 colour illustrations, cloth, dustwrapper
Quite simply, this is the finest book on Islamic tiles we have ever seen! It covers every type and style from the 9th century lustre tiles of Samarra to the Qajar tiles of modern Iran, not forgetting Iznik, Moorish, Indian, and Zellij tiles on the way. This is not just a history of Islamic tiles, but also a technical guide too, describing the many methods used to create such beautiful tiles. It is also a fabulous pictorial record of the rich heritage of Islamic tile, individually and en masse in architecture. RECOMMENDED!
CORPUS DES MOSAÏQUES DE TUNISIE:
03066 Vol II, Thuburbo Majus, Fasc. 3, La région ouest, £40.00
03067 Vol II, Thuburbo Majus, Fasc. 4, La région est, £75.00 03068 Vol III, Thysdras (El Jem), Fasc.1, Quartier sud-ouest £65.00
French texts, paperback, further details on request.
We aim to keep a copy of each in stock, but they do take a few weeks to get. Please bear this in mind when ordering.
09024 IMAGE IN STONE, TUNISIA IN MOSAIC £109.00
Various authors, Ars Latina, France, June 2003, English text edition, 549pp including 350pp of full colour plates, cloth, dustwrapper.
Tunisia is home to some of the finest ancient mosaics. There are in fact thousands of pavements in the country, attesting to the birth and development of a major artistic school by which the other provinces of the Roman world were greatly influenced. This book is the first to do real justice to Tunisia’s mosaics and is effectively a corpus of the main mosaics from both museums and in situ. The superb illustrations have been carefully chosen to do justice to the art and artistry of the mosaics and their creators, whilst the articles set the mosaics in their context both historically and culturally.
05011 EXCAVATIONS AT SIDI KHREBISH, BENGHAZI (Berenice) Vol IV, Part 1 £75.00
D. Michaelides, The Society for Libyan Studies, 1998, 220pp, English text with Arabic summary, 16 colour illus, 110 b&w illus/drawings + drwgs in text, paperback
Report on the superb mosaics and opus sectile panels discovered at Sidi Khrebish in the 1970s. Dating from c100-250AD, some 34 mosaics from about 25 floors are discussed and illustrated in great detail, some of which have survived in remarkable condition.
08024 HERGLA ET LES MOSAÏQUES DES BASILIQUES CHRÉTIENNES DE TUNISIE £47.99
Taher Ghalia, Institut du Patrimoine, Tunisia, 1998, French text, 300pp, 146 b & w +21 colour illustrations and 53 b & w figures in the text, 3 large fold-out plans in rear pocket, A4 paperback.
The definitive work on this fascinating early Christian site with reasonable b & w illustrations and quite good colour ones.
18024 Recherches archéologique Franco-Tunisiennes à Acholla: Les Mosaïques des Maisons du quartier central et les mosaïques éparses, Collection del'École de Rome: Vol 277 £72.00
Various authors, de Boccard, France, 2001, French text, XVIII + 190pp, 30 figs, 12 plates in text, 49 plates comprising 140 photographs, 33 in colour, 4 plans, paperback
Further details on request.
18025 Recherches archéologiques franco-tunisiennes à Bulla Regia, Collection de l'École de Rome: Vol 28, Fasc 4: Les Mosaïques £22.00
R Hanoune, de Boccard, France, 1980, French text, 116pp, 217 figs inc 18 in colour,
Further details on request.
18026 Recherches Franco-Tunisiennes sur la Mosaïqe de l’Afrique Antique: XENIA £59.50
Various authors, Institut National d’Archéologie et d’Art de Tunis, 1990, French text, 158pp, 108 b & w illustrations + 48 in colour, quarto, paperback
A study of the remarkable ‘still life’ mosaics from various sites in Tunisia.
20051 TRAMES GÉOMÉTRIQUES VÉGÉTALISÉES £35.00
Various authors, de Boccard, France, 2002, French text, x + 168pp, 146 b & w + 37 colour illus, paperback
One of the main characteristics of Roman mosaics in Africa is the use of geometric borders featuring stylized vegetation. The quality and beauty of such borders has been unparalleled elsewhere and this book details the surviving mosaics and shows how they influenced mosaics further afield.