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Showcase XI
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Walls of churches in Cherson were decorated with
mosaics made of opaque glassy mass called tesserae. Medieval artisans achieved
much success in making mosaic; they found the way to make tesserae in a variety
of different colours.
Tesserae mosaics covered church vaults, thus
giving an opportunity to feel the simultaneous contrast of durability,
thickness, and changeability of the "supernatural" and "heavenly" glimmer,
because the beauty of tesserae mosaic showed in its best on uneven, bowed
surface.
Unfortunately,
none of wall mosaics of tesserae remained in Chersonesos until now, but even
what you can see in the vitrine - mosaic cubs discovered by excavations and sorted
out by tints - can help us to imagine
the magnificence of icons that were made of tesserae!
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Museum halls
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Hall 1
Exhibition sections: ВЕЛИКОЕ ПЕРЕСЕЛЕНИЕ НАРОДОВ_en; ГОРОДСКОЕ УПРАВЛЕНИЕ_en; Army; Religion; МОНУМЕНТАЛЬНАЯ АРХИТЕКТУРА И ИСКУССТВО_en; ГОРОДСКОЕ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВО_en; РЕМЕСЛА_en; СЕЛЬСКОЕ ХОЗЯЙСТВО И ПРОМЫСЛЫ_en; | Hall 2
Exhibition sections: ОБРАБОТКА КОСТИ И ДЕРЕВА_en; ТКАЧЕСТВО И ПРЯДЕНИЕ_en; БЫТ_en; МОНЕТНОЕ ДЕЛО_en; ТОРГОВЛЯ_en; РУССКО-КОРСУНСКИЕ СВЯЗИ_en; | Hall 3
Exhibition sections: СЕВЕРНОЕ ПРИЧЕРНОМОРЬЕ И ВИЗАНТИЯ В XII – XIII вв._en; |
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