mosaic copybook/patternbook

[Anonymous]

I know there have been no examples found but I'm making up a patternbook that may have been in use by mosaicists in ancient times.It,s mostly guesswork but I,m assuming the bigger workshops would have had some sort of book,possibly on papyrus?The other qustions are what sort of binding,if any or might it been in the form of a scroll.I do remember reading somewhere that Julius Caeser had sheets of his works stitched but I can't remember the reference source.Any ideas on this would be most helpful.<br>
Thanks<br>
Lawrence <p></p><i></i>

[richsc]

In the books I've seen on Roman mosaics I don't see any reference to those. But there are a lot of roman mosaic books. No doubt someone in some University somewhere is an expert on this. That would be a good place to start asking. <p></p><i></i>

[venicone]

would there not maybe have been two drawings? - one to show to your prospective clients, and yet another plan showing the guidelines required by the mosaicists?<br>
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would each school of mosaicists have their own 'patternbooks'? <p><br>
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[Anonymous]

Some argue given the cost of papyrus and storing something so fragile in a place like a workshop go against there being any at all.They say that the method of apprentiship would result in the mosacist having all the relevant details in their head.But I agree they should of had something to show clients even if they didn't need to have their own technical drawings.Maybe they just wrote the calculations on the floor with a piece of charcoal?You have to wonder how detailed the drawings would be?were they outlines of complete floor layouts or just a selection of the various patterns for the client to make their own floor?Yes the different 'schools' did seem to have the same types of patterns so I would hazard that they had some way of recording this.<br>
Lawrence <p></p><i></i>