Rutgers Department of Art History Slide Classification System
MOSAICS (5000)

FIRST-LINE BREAKDOWN: period/country codes:

5000 = General Mosaics

5100 = Ancient
5112 = Ancient Persian

5200 = Classical
5256 = Classical Italy

5300 = Medieval to Modern
5356 = Italy
5374 = Russia

SAMPLE SLIDE LABELS: MOSAICS

M.A.MOSAIC.E.XIAN.     5356
Ravenna,San Vitale.             R253
Theodora and Attendants.    2sVi3
AD.547.

FIRST-LINE BREAKDOWN:

5--- = Major Medium Code (5 = Mosaics)
-3-- = Period Code (3 = Post-Classical to Modern)
--56 = 2-digit Country Code (56 = Italy)

SECOND-LINE BREAKDOWN:

R253 = Location "Cutter" number, to file alphabetically (R253 = Ravenna)

THIRD-LINE BREAKDOWN:

2 = Architectural Fogg Code (2 = Religious Buildings)
sVi = Art work Code (sVi = San Vitale)
3 = Detail Code (3 = Theodora and Attendants)

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Updated 3/21/02