Wessex Tales: "The Face in the Floor" (Story 10)

Fiction & Literature, Historical
Cover of the book Wessex Tales: "The Face in the Floor" (Story 10) by Robert Fripp, Robert Fripp
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Author: Robert Fripp ISBN: 9780991857517
Publisher: Robert Fripp Publication: January 17, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Robert Fripp
ISBN: 9780991857517
Publisher: Robert Fripp
Publication: January 17, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

The earliest known mosaic floor to depict Christ was laid in a remote Roman villa in Dorset around 325 CE. (Discovered under meadow grass in 1963 it was moved to the British Museum.) The larger end of this mosaic measures 17 feet by 15, the smaller end, 16½ feet by 8. Why lay this magnificent floor in rustic Dorset? “The Face in the Floor" gives the origins of this floor an imaginative history.

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The earliest known mosaic floor to depict Christ was laid in a remote Roman villa in Dorset around 325 CE. (Discovered under meadow grass in 1963 it was moved to the British Museum.) The larger end of this mosaic measures 17 feet by 15, the smaller end, 16½ feet by 8. Why lay this magnificent floor in rustic Dorset? “The Face in the Floor" gives the origins of this floor an imaginative history.

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