A replica of the mosaic image 'The Visit'


The original image belongs to the Byzantine and Christian Museum, dating from the late 13th century. AD. and comes from the Church of St.. Kingdom Trigleias Bithynia. Its dimensions 1.07 x 0.74m., together with the wooden frame that surrounds.


The main material of the substrate of the chip of the original is wax on a wooden support. The material of the chip is the glass frit (polish) in various colors, and returns on gold and silver chip is embedded in a glass mass corresponding metal sheets.

With copy construction technique achieved the mapping project in template, without affecting or altering the state of conservation of the authentic picture. Simultaneously, The copy is generated is very light in operation and the time required for construction is short in relation to the creation of a copy of tesserae.

One of the copies of this image adorns the municipality building of Glyfada, while another is used to replace the original when it takes part in exhibitions outside the museum.