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    The Cosmati were a Roman family, seven members of which, for four generations, were skilful architects, sculptors and workers in decorative geometric...
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    Cosmatesque, or Cosmati, is a style of geometric decorative inlay stonework typical of the architecture of Medieval Italy, and especially of Rome and...
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    were a precursor to the House of Commons. Henry III also commissioned the Cosmati pavement in front of the High Altar. Further work produced an additional...
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  • Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ajaccio Deodato Cosmati (1225-1303), one of the Cosmati family of Roman sculptor-architects and mosaicists Deodato...
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  • folk art of the early modern period. High medieval examples include the Cosmati pavements in Westminster Abbey (13th century). Leonardo da Vinci explicitly...
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  • countries". For example, a foundation grant funded the restoration of the Cosmati Pavement in the floor of Westminster Abbey. For many years, the foundation...
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    called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known...
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    individual pieces before gluing, or to the glued final version. Cosmatesque Cosmati Damascening Duomo di Siena Lathart Pietra dura MS Dimand, "An Egypto-Arabic...
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  • Berlinghieri – Italian painter of the Gothic period (died 1242) 1213: Jacopo Cosmati – Roman architect and sculptor, and worker in decorative geometric mosaic...
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    and the Coronation Theatre of Henry III at Westminster Abbey with the Cosmati Pavement at its centre. The geometry is understood, as stated by James...
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