Papers by Daniela Massara
The 14th Conference of AIEMA. PROCEEDINGS II, 2023
During the excavations carried out by Father Stanislao Loffreda (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, J... more During the excavations carried out by Father Stanislao Loffreda (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Jerusalem) in 1969 in the area of the modern Franciscan church in Kafr Kanna, in Galilee (present-day Israel), some late antique rooms (4th-6th century AD) were brought to light, characterized by rich floor decoration in geometric and polychrome geometric-vegetal tessellations. Three fragments were partially detached and preserved at the adjacent Franciscan convent and the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem. Among the six mosaic fragments unearthed during the excavation and left in situ, visible through some hatches in the modern flooring, one bears an inscription in Aramaic. This article proposes the analysis of graphic, photographic, and bibliographic documentation on the discovered mosaics, and conducts a study of the decorative geometric (tesserae grid, orthogonal composition of squares, intertwining) and vegetal (flowers and fruits) motifs of the fragments. The style and choice of decorative motifs seem to fit within the typical taste of the region, as well as the chromaticism and geometric modules, quite common in decorations of earlier periods. pp. 88-95
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Bollettino di Archeologia online, 2023
The Archaeological Collections of the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem hold bread molds from the ... more The Archaeological Collections of the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem hold bread molds from the Byzantine period and beyond, bearing symbols and inscriptions, in different materials such as clay, stone, bronze and wood. Some of these were acquired by the Museum through private collections or donations, others come from excavations carried out by the Franciscan fathers of the Custody of the Holy Land. The Collections also conserve 4 molds from the Modern era (17th/19th century), which bear witness to the continuity of the Byzantine tradition over the centuries, up to the present day. In Byzantine monasteries, rooms intended for bread-making are often included: the monastic complexes in fact have a strongly agricultural and productive imprint, whose activities are experienced within the relationship with God, not far from the Benedictine formula of “ora et labora”.
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ATTI DEL XXVI COLLOQUIO DELL’ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA PER LO STUDIO E LA CONSERVAZIONE DEL MOSAICO, Roma, 18-21 marzo 2020 a cura di Claudia Angelelli e Chiara Cecalupo, 2021
In 2013, unpublished excavations conducted in via Lupetta 10 in Milan brought to light structures... more In 2013, unpublished excavations conducted in via Lupetta 10 in Milan brought to light structures chronologically framed between the Augustan age and the Late Antiquity; the excavators recognized different stages of construction and destruction of buildings, probably residential. The main floor coverings belong to two distinct and successive phases, of which the earliest phase refers to the 1st century AD, the latest to the 4th-6th century AD. There have been found several floor levels, among them 8, quite preserved, were selected and analyzed in the present paper. They are in lithic and clay based cementitious, both simple (3) and decorated (2), and in opus sectile (3). Although the fragmentary nature of the structural remains strongly limits the possibility of cross-referencing the contextual data with the technical-stylistic ones of the floors, the quantity and variety of the fragments that have been found enrich the knowledge of ancient decorated floors in general, and cementitious and sectilia in particular, of roman Mediolanum.
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Holy Land. Archaeology on Either Side. Archaeological Essays in Honour of Eugenio Alliata ofm [Collectio Maior 57], 2020
JERUSALEM - The article aims to give a detailed analysis of a fragmentary mosaic floor found in 1... more JERUSALEM - The article aims to give a detailed analysis of a fragmentary mosaic floor found in 1930 on Mount Sion in Jerusalem, restored at that time and preserved since then at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Archaeological Collections (https://www.terrasanctamuseum.org/en/the-sections-of-the-museum/archaeological-section/).
The fragments preserve a bird and geometrical decorations. Throughout an analytical and comparative approach (patterns, style, context), it was possible to enlighten some iconographic and chronological aspects.
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Atti AISCOM XXV https://www.aiscom.it/pubblicazioni/, 2020
Archaeological investigations conducted between 1992 and 1993 in via S. Marta 10 have brought to ... more Archaeological investigations conducted between 1992 and 1993 in via S. Marta 10 have brought to light some Roman house’s remains, dating back to the 1st century BC. While the tessellated polychrome inserts of the second phase have already been presented by the writer, the discovery of a sectile floor of first phase, dated to the late Republican period, was till now unpublished. Access to copious amounts of previously unknown data has brought out a particularly interesting and in some ways rich picture of novelty regarding the documentation of the opus sectile technique in Roman Milan, in the private sphere, already in the late first century B.C. and throughout the Imperial age. Unlike the studies conducted so far, above all about Late Antique sectilia, this research aims to show the wealth of data available for the more ancient periods, thus returning a more complete and correct image of wealth and avant-garde of Mediolanum patrons since its creation as a municipium.
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Atti del XXIV Colloquio dell’Associazione per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico Antico in Italia (AISCOM), a cura di M. Bueno, C. Cecalupo, M.E. Erba, D. Massara, F. Rinaldi, 2019
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Tra servizio civile e missioni estere: il contributo dell'Italia ai Beni Culturali della Terra Santa (a cura di F. Ciliberto), 2018
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ASAtene XCIV, serie III, 16, 2016, 2016
In "Gortyna. Le Terme a Sud del Pretorio (2003-2014)", pp. 59-106.
Authors: BEJOR, GIORGIO (Pr... more In "Gortyna. Le Terme a Sud del Pretorio (2003-2014)", pp. 59-106.
Authors: BEJOR, GIORGIO (Primo), BELGIOVINE, ELENA, CAPUZZO, DANIELE, FRONTORI, ILARIA, GAGLIANO, ELENA, LAMBRUGO, CLAUDIA, MASSARA, DANIELA, MESSINA, CLAUDIA, PANERO, ELISA, SLAVAZZI, FABRIZIO.
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Volti di Palmira ad Aquileia=Portraits of Palmyra in Aquileia - a cura di M. Novello, C. Tiussi, 2017
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Volti di Palmira ad Aquileia=Portraits of Palmyra in Aquileia - a cura di M. Novello, C. Tiussi, 2017
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Proceedings. Palestinian Mosaic Art International Conference. Comparing Experiences, 2017
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ATTI DEL XXII COLLOQUIO DELL’ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA PER LO STUDIO E LA CONSERVAZIONE DEL MOSAICO, ), a cura di C. Angelelli, D. Massara, A. Paribeni, 2017
ISBN 978-88-909657-7-7
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Atti del XII Colloquium de l’Association Internationale pour l’Etude de la Mosaïque Antique (AIEMA), ), a cura di G. Trovabene, Venezia, 11-15 settembre 2012
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Il luogo degli dei. L’area del Capitolium di Brescia, 2014
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Atti del XXI Colloquio dell’Associazione per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico Antico in Italia (AISCOM), a cura di C. Angelelli, D. Massara, F. Sposito, 2016
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Atti del XXI Colloquio dell’Associazione per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico Antico in Italia (AISCOM), a cura di C. Angelelli, D. Massara, F. Sposito, 2016
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Major residential districts as well as public buildings, for a total of about fifty dwellings, ch... more Major residential districts as well as public buildings, for a total of about fifty dwellings, characterize the city of Milan during the Roman period; this fact is better documented in the northwestern sector of the city, then occupied by the Imperial Palace. The dating of the houses is framed in the second half of the first Century BC until the fourth or fifth Century AD. The extension of the domus is unknown because of the incomplete remains that could be excavated; therefore it is difficult to propose a general framework regarding the layout of the dwellings, the distribution of the rooms and their function. However, the preserved remains, including building structures, decoration ‐ paintings and mosaics ‐, materials finds (such as pottery, glass, marble) reveal the urban and cultural development of Mediolanum. In the western area, just outside the city limit, there are many building remains of Roman houses where mosaic pavements and frescoes testify the high level of the constructions.
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The project ʺMilano Archeologiaʺ concerning the ancient remains of the city of Milan in Roman ag... more The project ʺMilano Archeologiaʺ concerning the ancient remains of the city of Milan in Roman age was based on specific methods and tools, such as the collection of data through the previous archive research, and the feedback of information through inspections and then direct contact with monuments. A very interesting and significant case is the funerary complex area of “San Vittore al Corpo”, in which are also preserved the remains of an impressive Imperial Mausoleum. The curtain, that defines the space of the
cemetery from the fourth Century AD, is kept in part below two modern buildings, while the remains of the Mausoleum are located below the present church of St. Victor. The analysis of the data collected allowed us to identify similarities and differences between the structures still visible, for example in the techniques adopted for the elevations or foundations, and it has provided the knowledge necessary to assume concrete
solutions to protect and enhance this heritage.
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The fragments preserve a bird and geometrical decorations. Throughout an analytical and comparative approach (patterns, style, context), it was possible to enlighten some iconographic and chronological aspects.
Authors: BEJOR, GIORGIO (Primo), BELGIOVINE, ELENA, CAPUZZO, DANIELE, FRONTORI, ILARIA, GAGLIANO, ELENA, LAMBRUGO, CLAUDIA, MASSARA, DANIELA, MESSINA, CLAUDIA, PANERO, ELISA, SLAVAZZI, FABRIZIO.
cemetery from the fourth Century AD, is kept in part below two modern buildings, while the remains of the Mausoleum are located below the present church of St. Victor. The analysis of the data collected allowed us to identify similarities and differences between the structures still visible, for example in the techniques adopted for the elevations or foundations, and it has provided the knowledge necessary to assume concrete
solutions to protect and enhance this heritage.
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The fragments preserve a bird and geometrical decorations. Throughout an analytical and comparative approach (patterns, style, context), it was possible to enlighten some iconographic and chronological aspects.
Authors: BEJOR, GIORGIO (Primo), BELGIOVINE, ELENA, CAPUZZO, DANIELE, FRONTORI, ILARIA, GAGLIANO, ELENA, LAMBRUGO, CLAUDIA, MASSARA, DANIELA, MESSINA, CLAUDIA, PANERO, ELISA, SLAVAZZI, FABRIZIO.
cemetery from the fourth Century AD, is kept in part below two modern buildings, while the remains of the Mausoleum are located below the present church of St. Victor. The analysis of the data collected allowed us to identify similarities and differences between the structures still visible, for example in the techniques adopted for the elevations or foundations, and it has provided the knowledge necessary to assume concrete
solutions to protect and enhance this heritage.
Un progetto di ricerca applicata che, grazie al finanziamento di Regione Lombardia, fra il 2014 e il 2015 ha riunito docenti e assegnisti di quattro atenei milanesi (Politecnico di Milano, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Università degli Studi di Milano, Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM) e creato un tavolo di lavoro comune con Soprintendenza Archeologia della Lombardia, Comune di Milano - Civico Museo Archeologico e Arcidiocesi di Milano, siglando uno straordinario connubio fra enti di ricerca e istituzioni.
Conoscenza, tutela, conservazione, accessibilità, comunicazione e valorizzazione dei siti archeologici che racchiudono le testimonianze di Milano romana e paleocristiana sono i temi affrontati da MEDIOLANUM MMXV.
Ogni ateneo, declinando gli obiettivi comuni secondo la propria specifica vocazione, ha condotto attività di ricerca con significative ricadute “pratiche”, a vantaggio non della sola comunità scientifica, ma in primo luogo dei cittadini milanesi e lombardi.