Apsidal Room, North Master Apartment (38a-c)
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Collection Date
10-8-2025
Model Creation Date
02/01/2022
Abstract
This private room contains a mosaic with seasonal fruits depicted. The mosaic’s geometric design consists of 9 large 12-pointed stars that create a series of rhombi with bands of alternating colors, and octagons decorated with shaded flowers. Representations of xenia are inscribed in laurel medallions containing various types of autumnal fruit, including yellow melons, a watermelon, cedars, a pomegranate branch, bunches of grapes, figs, chestnuts, apples, and pears. In the floor of the apse, within a frame of intertwined ribbons, a geometric motif of scales outlined in black on a white background develops, in each of which a stem with a bud, perhaps a rose, is inserted. There would have also been a figurative scene that has been almost entirely lost, with only parts of 2 cherubs remaining.
Extent
1 3D Model
Media Type
Models (Representations); Renderings (Drawings)
Format
Digital Only
Digitization Specifications
Method: Agisoft Metashape
Processing Software
Agisoft Metashape
Download Size
72MB
Geometry
204.4k Triangles
Materials
1
Rigged Geometries
No
Scale Transformations
No
Textures
2
UV Layers
Yes
Vertex Colors
No
Vertices
102.9k
Recommended Citation
USF Institute for Digital Exploration, "Apsidal Room, North Master Apartment (38a-c)" (2025). Villa del Casale Mosaics. 1.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/idex_casale/1
