Section of circular pavement from the King’s Chapel, Clarendon Palace, near Salisbury, dated 1240-44 (now in the British Museum). It demonstrates the high level of technical skill achieved by the medieval tiler in creating complex mosaic pavements from inlaid tiles of different shapes. The inscription at the tops reads PAVIMENTUM HENRICI REGIS ANGLIE (‘The pavement of Henry the King of the English’).Source: Lemmen, Hans van.  Tiles: 1000 Years of Architectural Decoration.  New York: Abrams, 1993, p. 26. Photo credit: The British Museum, London.

Section of circular pavement from the King’s Chapel, Clarendon Palace, near Salisbury, dated 1240-44 (now in the British Museum). It demonstrates the high level of technical skill achieved by the medieval tiler in creating complex mosaic pavements from inlaid tiles of different shapes. The inscription at the tops reads PAVIMENTUM HENRICI REGIS ANGLIE (‘The pavement of Henry the King of the English’).

Source: Lemmen, Hans van.  Tiles: 1000 Years of Architectural Decoration.  New York: Abrams, 1993, p. 26. Photo credit: The British Museum, London.

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