Dr Sean Leatherbury visited the The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion on 13th June 2019, to give a paper entitled "Materializing the Community in the Late Antique Syrian Church". After the seminar, Jessica Hughes and Sean Leatherbury were joined by Dr Janet Huskinson and Dr David Noy to record an audio discussion about ancient mosaics and the artists who made them. The discussion also features the voice of Aidan Hart, who spoke about the techniques and theology underpinning his contemporary mosaic work.

Programme structure and timecodes:

0.00 Introduction

0.36 Sean Leatherbury on the mosaics of Roman and Late Antique Syria - and their artists.

4.56 David Noy on the Jewish communities of Roman Syria, and the mosaics from the synagogue at Apamea.

10.22 Janet Huskinson on early Christian mosaics in the city of Rome, including those from the churches of Santa Pudenziana, Santa Sabina, and Santa Maria Maggiore.

17.31 Extract from a conversation with the mosaic artist Aidan Hart.

23.38 Responses to Aidan Hart.

29.50 Janet Huskinson on a fourth-century mosaic from Hinton St Mary.

32.16 David Noy on the mosaic floor from the synagogue at Ostia.

35.44 Sean Leatherbury on a floor mosaic from the nave of the sixth-century church at Huwat in northwestern Syria.

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