Under the main altar, decorated with 12th century " opus sectile ", are the relics of several saints, which include those of Pope Marcellus as well as Digna and Emerita.
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Much like Rhind, O'Brien also employed " opus sectile ", such as in her 1936 " Mass in penal days " in the Franciscan friary, Athlone, County Westmeath.
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"Opus alexandrinum " is another form of " opus sectile ", where but few colors are used, such as white and black, or dark green on a red ground, or vice versa.
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All four crystalline varieties are sectile in that they can be easily cut, will peel ( particularly selenite crystals that exhibit mica-like properties ), and like all gypsum varieties, can be scratched by a fingernail ( hardness : 2 on Mohs Scale ).
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The grotto was also decorated with " artificial stalactites and encrustations " as well as a coloured " opus sectile " floor, and a " room " left of the Polyphemus group had a number of theatrical masks mounted on the walls, designed to be lit from behind.
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The reredos is of carved oak with panels of opus sectile, showing adoring angels in the centre, with the nativity to the left and the resurrection to the right, with flanking portraits, two on either side, of the four Archangels-Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel.
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""'Opus sectile " "'is an art technique popularized in the ancient and medieval Roman world where materials were cut and tessellated mosaic techniques, where the placement of very small uniformly sized pieces forms a picture, " opus sectile " pieces are much larger and can be shaped to define large parts of the design.
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""'Opus sectile " "'is an art technique popularized in the ancient and medieval Roman world where materials were cut and tessellated mosaic techniques, where the placement of very small uniformly sized pieces forms a picture, " opus sectile " pieces are much larger and can be shaped to define large parts of the design.
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Most distinctive among the many discoveries was over a hundred panels in glass " opus sectile " found in their original packing crates and awaiting installation in a possible sanctuary of Isis whose great annual festival is the scene of the climax of Apuleius'novel " Metamorphosis " which tells the story of a man turned into a donkey and back again ( thanks to the intervention of the goddess ).
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