Related Materials

Publications

Roby, Thomas, and Jeffrey Levin. 2002. "Conserving mosaics in Tunisia." Conservation: The GCI Newsletter 17 (1): 21–24.

Roby, Thomas, Livia Alberti, and Aïcha Ben Abed. 2005. Training of technicians for the maintenance of mosaics in situ: A Tunisian experience. In 8o Synedrio Diethnous Epitropes gia te Synterese ton Psephidoton (ICCM): Entoichia kai epidapedia psephidota: Synterese, diaterese, parousiase: Thessalonike, 29 Oktovriou-3 Noemvriou 2002: Praktika/VIIIth Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM): Wall and Floor Mosaics: Conservation, Maintenance, Presentation: Thessaloniki, 29 Oct-3 Nov 2002: Proceedings, edited by C. Bakirtzis, 347–57. Thessaloniki: Europaiko Kentro Vyzantinon kai Metavyzantinon Mnemeion.

Roby, Thomas. 2006. Training to preserve mosaics in situ. In Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa, edited by Aïcha Ben Abed, 133-35. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.

Roby, Thomas, Livia Alberti, Elsa Bourguignon, and Aïcha Ben Abed. 2008. "Training of technicians for the maintenance of in situ mosaics: An assessment of the Tunisian Initiative after three years." In Lessons Learned: Reflecting on the Theory and Practice of Mosaic Conservation: Proceedings of the 9th ICCM Conference, Hammamet, Tunisia, November 29-December 3, 2005/Leçons retenues: Les enseignements tirés des expériences passées dans le domaine de la conservation des mosaïques: Actes de la 9e conférence de l'ICCM, Hammamet, Tunisie, 29 novembre-3 décembre 2005, edited by Aïcha Ben Abed, Martha Demas and Thomas Roby, 258-64. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.

Alberti, Livia, Elsa Bourguignon, Ermanno Carbonara, Thomas Roby, and Juana Segura Escobar. 2013. Illustrated Glossary: Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute and Tunis, Tunisia. Available in English, French and Arabic.

Alberti, Livia, Elsa Bourguignon, Ermanno Carbonara, and Amel Chabbi. 2013. Supplemental Manuals for Digital Photographic Documentation: Technician Training for Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute and Tunis: Institut National du Patrimoine. Available in English, French, and Arabic.

Alberti, Livia, Elsa Bourguignon, and Thomas Roby. 2013. Technician Training for the Maintenance of In Situ Mosaics. 2011 ed. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Conservation Institute and Tunis: Institut National du Patrimoine. Available in English, French, and Arabic.

Roby, Thomas, Livia Alberti, and Aïcha Ben Abed. 2014. "Costs and benefits of in situ mosaic conservation: An analysis of technician training and conservation work in Tunisia 2001-2008." In 10a Conferenza del Comitato Internazionale per la Conservazione dei Mosaici (ICCM)/The 10th Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM): La conservazione: Uno strumento di conoscenza/Conservation: An Act of Discovery [Palermo, Italy, October 20-26, 2008], edited by D. Michaelides, A.-M. Guimier-Sorbets and R. Nardi, 284-95. Palermo: Centro Regionale per la Progettazione e il Restauro.

Roby, Thomas, Livia Alberti, Cristina Caldi, Ermanno Carbonara, Mustapha Atki, and Myriam Ziade. 2020. Addressing the challenges of conserving and maintaining mosaics in storage. In Preprints for IIC 2020 Edinburgh: "Practices and Challenges in Built Heritage Conservation" 2 Nov 2 - 6 Nov, 2020, Studies in Conservation 65 (Suppl. 1): Routledge.

MOSAIKON e-Bulletin

Literature Review

Mosaics In Situ: An Overview of Literature on Conservation of Mosaics in Situ

Glossary

Illustrated Glossary: Mosaics In Situ (2003)

Articles in the GCI Newsletter

MOSAIKON (Fall 2013)
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites (Spring 2013)
MOSAIKON (Fall 2012)
Mosaikon: Bulla Regia (Fall 2011)
MOSAIKON: A Strategic Regional Program for the Conservation of Mosaics in the Mediterranean (Fall 2010)

The Getty Magazine

MOSAIKON: Conserving the Mosaics of the Mediterranean (Summer 2014)

Videos

Mosaic Technician Training
Step-by-step procedures for preparing mortars and carrying out principal stabilization operations employed for conservation of mosaics in situ.


Tunisia's Mosaics


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Getty Publications

Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa; Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia
Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa
Lessons Learned: Reflecting on the Theory and Practice of Mosaic Conservation
The Conservation of the Orpheus Mosaic at Paphos, Cyprus.

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