Opus vermiculatum is a method of laying mosaic tesserae to emphasise an outline around a subject. This can be of one or more rows and may also provide...

that are larger than about 4 mm. It is distinguished from the finer opus vermiculatum which used tiny tesserae, typically cubes of 4 millimetres or less...

Tunis, Tunisia. There were two main techniques in Greco-Roman mosaic: opus vermiculatum used tiny tesserae, typically cubes of 4 millimeters or less, and...

pebble mosaics. Opus vermiculatum and opus tessellatum were two different techniques used during this period of mosaic making. Opus tessellatum refers...

simple geometric patterns, while only a handful utilize the opus tessellatum and opus vermiculatum techniques to create lucid, naturalistic, and richly colored...

techniques: opus tessellatum, opus vermiculatum and opus sectile. The external black and white geometric border is created with the opus tessellatum technique...

ornament using plant forms and tendrils. In Ancient Roman mosaics, opus vermiculatum was the most detailed technique, and pieces are often described as...

curves called opus vermiculatum (also known as "worm work", because they seem to replicate the slow motion of a crawling worm) rather than opus signinum or...

Graphics, World Scientific, ISBN 9789814547321 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opus regulatum. Opus sectile Opus tessellatum Opus vermiculatum v t e...

each tessera tile, the opus tessellatum pieces on average measuring eight millimeters square and the finer opus vermiculatum pieces having an average...