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| Spring 2010: AIEMA Newsletter News from the Council and General Assembly of AIEMA, reports from the national branches, reports on recent conferences on mosaics, and notices of new books. Download the newsletter (pdf file, 623 K) | |
| March 2009: The Roman Mosaics of Britain Volume 3: South-East Britain The third part of David Neal and Stephen Cosh's definitive corpus of Roman mosaics in Britain is now published. It covers some of the best-known Roman sites in the country, including the towns of Colchester, Silchester, London and Verulamium, and the villas and palaces at Brading, Bignor and Fishbourne. The book consists of two volumes, lavishly illustrated with the authors' own paintings, reproductions of historic engravings, photographs and plans showing the context of the mosaics. It is available from Oxbow Books, along with Volumes 1 and 2, which cover northern and south-west Britain; the fourth and final volume of the series is almost complete and should be published next year. |
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| October 2008: Father Michele Piccirillo We are sad to report that Fr Piccirillo died on 26 October. He was one of the world's leading authorities on late Roman and Byzantine mosaics, and will be remembered especially for his work in excavating, publishing and conserving the mosaics of Jordan, Palestine and Syria. Read obituaries in
The Times,
The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph.
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| December 2006: Grants for the study of ancient mosaics ASPROM is now offering grants to members towards the costs of research and publication connected with the study of ancient mosaics. The grants are available to students and researchers at all levels. More information |
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| January 2006: The Roman Mosaics of Britain Volume 2: South-West Britain The second volume of Stephen Cosh and David Neal's monumental corpus of Roman mosaics in Britain has appeared at last! The volume was launched at a meeting held by the Society of Antiquaries on 19 January. It describes 444 mosaics from about 120 sites in Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, which are lavishly illustrated in colour, including the authors' distinctive paintings. The volume is available from Oxbow Books. |
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| July 2005: Time Team's Big Roman Dig Channel 4's Time Team are running excavations and activities all over Britain to learn more about life in Roman Britain. They have returned to the villa at Dinnington in Somerset, first investigated in 2002, and ASPROM's Vice-Chairman David Neal has been called in to look at new fragments of mosaic, which are of outstanding quality. Read more on the Time Team website. |
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| May 2005: Mosaics in Roman Britain: Stories in Stone, by Patricia Witts Patt Witts' new book, published by Tempus, looks at figured mosaics from Roman Britain, explaining the scenes of myth and everyday life that they represent, and trying to understand what their owners were trying to convey. The book is lavishly illustrated and includes a gazetteer of sites and museums where mosaics can be seen. |
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| April 2005: New book on Pompeian mosaics and paintings, by ASPROM Chairman Roger Ling The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii, Volume II: The Decorations, by Roger Ling and Lesley Ling, is the second of five volumes presenting a whole city block at Pompeii. The block contains the House of the Menander, one of the most lavishly decorated houses in Pompeii, as well as several smaller houses. The new volume publishes all the mosaics and paintings from the block in detail for the first time, with extensive discussion and analysis. Read about the book on the Oxford University Press website |
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| Newsletter no. 44, March 2004 | |
| Newsletter no. 43, September 2003 | |