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Opus tessellatum
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Opus tessellatum,[1] vel opus musaicum,[2] vel (opus) musivum,[3], vel lithostratum[4] est genus operis artis quod e tesseris variorum colorum et formarum creatum est. Gemmis et auro aliquando ornatur.
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Ars operum tessellatorum creandorum orta est in Assyria, sed praecipue Romani praeclari sunt ob opera tessellata.