Apsidal Room, North Master Apartment (38a-c)
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Publication Date
10-8-2025
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.
Model Creation Date
02/01/2022
Alt Text
A three-dimensional model of a rectangular room made of stone with a narrower, semi-circular section at its far end. Though there is some damage to the floor, an extensive tile mosaic is seen laid across the entirety of the room. The pattern of the mosaic differs in the two parts of the room, as well as in a narrow space between the rectangular and semi-circular portions. Winged, humanoid figures appear to have been the subject of the latter section, though only a small corner of it remains. Two different, repeating geometric patterns cover the floors of the alcove and the main, rectangular section of the room. The walls are largely eroded, but some fresco painting fragments can still be seen. The 3D model can be freely moved, rotated, and zoomed in and out, allowing the viewer to inspect the object with greater detail and from multiple different angles.
Extent
1 3D Model
Media Type
Models (Representations); Renderings (Drawings)
Digitization Specifications
Method: Agisoft Metashape
Processing Software
Agisoft Metashape
Download Size
72MB
Geometry
204.4k Triangles
Format
Digital Only
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
