0 AD - 2000 AD

Mosaic floor in Pompeii

Mosaic floor1 in the House of Tragic Poet as House of Glaucus. Italy, Pompeii. Undated.

Broken floor mosaic

Broken floor mosaic © James Emery
Picture 6.2.1: Broken floor mosaic © James Emery

Broken floor mosaic of pomegranates, fig leaves and geometrical pattern of circles (the FOL) on the reception room in the Western Palace built by Herod the Great. Masada, Israel, 30 BC – 70 AD. (© James Emery2)

Mosaic floor in Seville

Mosaic floor in Seville © Rafael del Pino
Picture 6.2.2: Mosaic floor in Seville © Rafael del Pino

Possibly a Roman period mosaic floor in the Archaeological Museum of Seville, Spain. Undated. (Photo © Rafael del Pino)

Roman temple stele

Roman temple stele © Steve Pope
Picture 6.2.3: Roman temple stele © Steve Pope

A stele from the Roman temple ruins. Córdoba, Spain, 100 - 500 AD. (© Steve Pope)

Floor mosaic in Besancon

Floor mosaic © Pierre Dupont, Inrap
Picture 6.2.4: Floor mosaic © Pierre Dupont, Inrap

Geometrical motifs in the mosaics visible in the Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology. Besancon, France, Gallo-Roman Period 123 BC – 486 AD. (© Pierre Dupont, Inrap)

Floor mosaic

Floor mosaic © heroesbed
Picture 6.2.5: Floor mosaic © heroesbed

Geometrical motifs in the mosaics visible in the Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology. Besancon, France, Gallo-Roman Period 123 BC – 486 AD. (© heroesbed)

Basilica floor mosaic

Basilica floor mosaic © bulstack.com
Picture 6.2.6: Basilica floor mosaic © bulstack.com

A mosaic floor from the basilica in the town near to Yambol. Kabile, Bulgaria, 400 AD. (Photo © bulstack.com)

Sassanian bowl

A Sassanian inscribed parcel-gilt silver bowl3. 400 – 500 AD.

Wall in Syria

About 100 kilometers west of Deir az-Zor on the Euphrates river in the Syrian desert is the Ummayad hunting château where wall paintings4 resembles drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. Qasr al-Hair ash-Sharqi, 729 AD.

Pavement

Gothic church pavement © Dean and Chapter of Westminster
Picture 6.2.7: Gothic church pavement © Dean and Chapter of Westminster

A multicolor opaque glass Cosmati pavement in the Westminster Abbey5 Gothic church. London, England, 1268 AD. (Photo © Dean and Chapter of Westminster)

Byzantine ruin

Byzantine-era ruin © Abd
Picture 6.2.8: Byzantine-era ruin © Abd

Byzantine-era ruin from Deir Seta, Syria, around 1400 AD. (Photo © Abd)

Hampi temple pillar

Hampi temple pillar © Wm Jas
Picture 6.2.9: Hampi temple pillar © Wm Jas

The Flower of Life symbol in the pillar in the Hampi temple6. India, 1400 AD. (Photo © Wm Jas)

Cemetery decorations

Ottoman cemetery decorations © Marko Manninen
Picture 6.2.10: Ottoman cemetery decorations © Marko Manninen

Ottoman cemetery headstone decorations from the antique field of ancient Smyrna. Izmir, Turkey, 1400 AD. (Photo © Marko Manninen)

Sarcophagus

Ottoman sarcophagus © Marko Manninen
Picture 6.2.11: Ottoman sarcophagus © Marko Manninen

An Ottoman sarcophagus in the antique field of ancient Smyrna. Izmir, Turkey, 1400 AD. (Photo © Marko Manninen)

Castle of Rozmberk

Castle of Rozmberk © Mark Libal
Picture 6.2.12: Castle of Rozmberk © Mark Libal

Flower of Life and other geometric symbols from the castle of Rozmberk7 in the Czech Republic. On 14 - 16th century AD castle was owned by a Czech alchemist, symbols are probably from that period. (Photo © Mark Libal)

Leonardo da Vinci's notes

Codex Atlanticus folio 307v / Public Domain
Picture 6.2.13: Codex Atlanticus folio 307v / Public Domain

Leonardo da Vinci's explorations of the hexagonal geometry on his Codex Atlanticus8 notebooks, folio 307 verso9. Italy, 1500 AD. (Photo © Public Domain)

Stone inscriptions

Stone inscriptions © Klearchos Kapoutsis
Picture 6.2.14: Stone inscriptions © Klearchos Kapoutsis

Inscription on the stones of the surrounding wall of Demir Baba Teke, Alevi mausoleum near the village of Sveshtari, in northeastern Bulgaria, 1600 AD. (Photo © Klearchos Kapoutsis10)