Cosmatesque screen at the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano. Some works of Deodatus di Cosma for Colonna family are housed in the basilica.
Cosmatesque, or Cosmati, is a style of geometric decorative inlay stonework typical of the architecture of Medieval Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings. It was used most extensively for the decoration of church floors, but was also used to decorate church walls, pulpits, and bishop's thrones. The name derives from the Cosmati, the leading family workshop of craftsmen in Rome who created such geometrical marble decorations.
The style spread across Europe, where it was used in the most prestigious churches; the high altar of Westminster Abbey, for example, is decorated with a Cosmatesque marble floor.[1][2]
^Maev Kennedy, 'Carpet of stone: medieval mosaic pavement revealed' [1], The Guardian, 5 May 2008
Cosmatesque, or Cosmati, is a style of geometric decorative inlay stonework typical of the architecture of Medieval Italy, and especially of Rome and...
peaks of Mount Meru. A quincunx is one of the quintessential designs of Cosmatesque inlay stonework. A quincuncial map is a conformal map projection that...
mostly for church floors. Their name is commemorated in the genre of Cosmatesque work, often just called "Cosmati", a technique of opus sectile ("cut...
porphyry. Their designs in Rome became so popular that they were known as Cosmatesque. Rome is widely regarded as being the second Renaissance capital of Italy...
stylophoric lions placed at the sides of the seat, a marble fragment with cosmatesque quincunx lacking the mosaic decoration with the function of a backrest...
Inside, the choir enclosure and pulpit have Cosmatesque decoration, and there is also a fine Cosmatesque Paschal candlestick from the 12th or 13th century...
of the older buildings survive. Among them the pavement of medieval Cosmatesque work, and the statues of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, now in the cloister...
back to Sicily and the Italian mainland, in the 12th century as the Cosmatesque style, concentrating on geometric patterns.[citation needed] It is featured...
stone slab covered in modern graffiti was moved from a wall, revealing Cosmatesque-style decoration on one face. According to an IAA archaeologist, the...
mosaic, the better terms are intarsia or, in some specific applications, Cosmatesque. Similarly, for works that use larger pieces of stone or tile, opus sectile...
Santa Maria di Castello: church built in 1121–1208 with Lombard and Cosmatesque influences. The façade has a small bell-tower and three entrances. The...
the individual pieces before gluing, or to the glued final version. Cosmatesque Cosmati Damascening Duomo di Siena Lathart Pietra dura MS Dimand, "An...
chapel on the right. Other features are the wooden ceiling, the inlaid cosmatesque floor, a Transfiguration painted on wood by Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta...
Laurentius Romanus, his son Jacobus and his grandson Cosmas, in the Cosmatesque style, with ancient columns and mosaic decorations. The interior was...
naves divided by arcades on ancient marble or granite columns, with Cosmatesque inlaid paving. The 12th-century schola cantorum (E on plan) incorporates...
Caracalla. The low screen separating the choir is faced with 13th-century Cosmatesque style inlays. A white marble candelabra has been brought here from San...
Cardinal Palace with the Saint Silvester Chapel, and the monastery with its cosmatesque cloister is built in a silent and green part of Rome, between the Colosseum...
consecrated in 1074, and renovated in the 12th and 18th centuries. The Cosmatesque-inlaid vestibule is preceded by an eighteen-step staircase, and supported...
nave is the rectangular schola cantorum of the old church, covered in Cosmatesque mosaics. Among the altarpieces are works by Pietro Tedeschi, Padre Pozzi...
walls include pietre dure, opus sectile (Ancient Roman), and medieval Cosmatesque work – these typically inlay hardstone pieces into a background of marble...
Cafà (Santa Rosa de Lima).[citation needed] The crypt is decorated in cosmatesque style, and contains the relics of St. Cecilia and her husband St. Valerian...
Romanesque appearance, with a nave, two aisles, belfry, and porch. The Cosmatesque pavement dates from this period. Of the eight original floors of the...
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