Alexandrinum

_Opus Alexandrinum_ in the transept and middle nave of the Church of

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

_Opus Alexandrinum_ to the decoration of a church.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

Arabs far surpassed the older _opus Alexandrinum_.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

The third and fourth bays are in a marble mosaic called _Opus Alexandrinum_, composed of various rich marbles of brilliant reds, greens, greys, yellows, and creams, divided into the main design by bands of

The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting

But we have reason to believe that the _Opus Alexandrinum_ in two of the chapels of Santa Maria degli Angeli was taken from the Baths of Diocletian; while the splendid pavement of the whole church, naves, transept, and choir of Santa Croce in Jerusalemme, formed originally part of the decorations of the Sessorian Palace of Sextus Varius, the father of

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

Dust and mud do not adhere somehow to an opus Alexandrinum pavement.

A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes Harriet Julia Campbell Jephson

The emperor Alexander Severus introduced into his palaces and public buildings a kind of flooring composed of small squares of green serpentine and red porphyry, wrought into elegant patterns, which became very fashionable, and was called after himself _Opus Alexandrinum_.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

If we define mosaic as a collocation of pieces of marble, glass, ceramic material, or precious stone embedded in some species of cement so as to form an ornamental entity, we should have to include the opus Alexandrinum, and other ordinary paintings such as were used for the less dignified portions of Roman houses.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

"Bellum Alexandrinum" that Alexandria was built in such a way as to be safe from a great conflagration.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The Oriental love of splendour is shown in the piling up of domes and still more in facing the walls with slabs of marble, in mosaics (either opus sectile, small pieces, or opus Alexandrinum, large slabs cut in suitable shapes), in gold and colour decorations, and in the many-coloured marbles of the columns and other architectural details.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913