Table 2: REUSE OF ROMAN STONES IN THE PRE-OTTOMAN BUILDINGS OF CAIRO, EGYPT

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TRADITIONAL ITALIAN NAME BUILDINGS (monument numbers) APPLICATIONS

africano, var. rosso 43, 123, 133 wall veneer

alabastro Egiziano, onice 133 wall veneer

or cotognino

basalte verde , and basanite 112, 120, 121, 123, 125, 130, 133, wall veneer and floor tiling, especially

134, 138, 203, 218, 248, 269? as trim (narrow strips) around larger

stone panels

bianco e nero antico 35, 38, 43, 67, 99, 121, 123, 125, wall veneer

133, 187, 189, 190, 218, MAB

bigio antico, or marmo, di 1, 15?, 31, 32, 43, 67, 97, 99, 121, wall veneer and floor tiling, and

Lesbo, and bigio di Asia 130?, 133, 143, 175, 190, 204, rare columns

Minore 218, 220, 248, 319, MAB

bigio lumachellato, subvar. of 32, 33, 43, 99, 114, 117, 120, 123, wall veneer and floor tiling, and

bigio antico di Lesbo 133, 134, 143, 147, 187, 203, 218?, columns

220, 248, 319, 344

breccia corallina 133 floor tiling

breccia Medicea, var. of 66, 120, 147 wall veneer

breccia di Serravezza antica

breccia rossa Appenninica 66, 130, 133, 190 wall veneer and floor tiling

breccia di Settebassi, and 24?, 33, 49, 60?, 120, 133?, 319 wall veneer and columns

marmo di Sciro

breccia verde d'Egitto or 32, 38, 44, 45, 121, 133, 138, 175, wall veneer and columns

antica, and centopietre 190

cipollino or cipollino verde 15, 33, 133, 143, 218 wall veneer and floor tiling, and columns

cipollino mandolato 123 wall veneer

cipollino rosso, var. venato 35, 43, 67, 97, 117, 125, 130, 133, floor tiling and especially wall veneer,

187, 190, 218, 242, MAB and scarce columns

cipollino, or Iassense, rosso 32, 38, 43, 67, 116, 119, 121, 123, floor tiling and especially wall veneer,

brecciato, and africanone 130, 133, 134, 143?, 190, 203?, 218, and scarce columns

220, 221, 255, 281

fior di pesco, or persico, and 123, 133, 218, 281? wall veneer

marmo rosso di Eretria

granito bianco e nero, 66, 123, 133, 138, 175, 190, 203 wall veneer

var. del Cairo

granito della colonna 18, 35, 43, 49, 67, 99, 123, 125, wall veneer (including rotae)

133, 134, 152, 175, 189, 190, 203,

218, 255, 549, MAB

granito del foro 121, 133, 190, 204, 218, MAB floor tiling and mainly wall veneer, and

rarely columns

granito nero, or bigio, 18, 33, 43, 67, 119, 120, 121, 123, columns, wall veneer and floor tiling,

di Siene 131, 133, 138, 143, 149, 151, 152, and door lintels and sills

175, 182, 184, 189, 190, 204, 211,

215, 255, 344, MAB

granito rosso di Siene, 1, 13, 43, 44, 45, 99, 112, 120 columns, door lintels and sills (and

and sienite 123, 129, 130, 143, 149, 152, 175 rarely jambs)

184, 187, 190, 204, 215, 248,

252, 255, 257, 549, MAB

granito violetto 1, 120, 143 columns

greco scritto 133, 138, 248, 319 wall veneer and floor tiling, and columns

marmo Pentelico 133?, 187 floor tiling

nero antico 49?, 67?, 114?, 203?, 218? wall veneer and floor tiling, and rarely

columns

occhio di pavone rosso, 32, 116?, 123, 125, 130, 133?, 190, wall veneer and floor tiling

and pavonazzo 203, 218

pavonazzetto 32, 43, 67, 123, 130, 133, 147, 190, wall veneer and rare columns

319, MAB

porfido nero antico 66, 99, 133, 138, 149, 152, 187, 190 wall veneer and floor tiling

or Egiziano

porfido nero grafico 175, 190 wall veneer

porfido rosso antico 24, 32, 35, 43, 49, 67, 97, 99, 114, wall veneer and floor tiling (including

or Egiziano 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 133, 134, rotae), and rare columns and door lintels

147, 149, 152, 175, 187, 189, 190,

203, 218, 220, 248, 255, 269, 281,

MAB

porfido [serpentino] verde 123, 147, 189, 190 wall veneer

antico, porfido verde di

Grecia, and serpentino

porfido verde Egiziano 49, 60, 67, 97, 99, 114, 117, 119, wall veneer and floor tiling (including

121,123, 125, 133, 134, 138, 147, rotae)

149, 151, 175, 187, 189, 190, 218,

255, MAB

rosso antico 120, 123, 133, 187? wall veneer

serpentina moschinata, 38, 120,133, 162?, 218 wall veneer

and verde ranocchia

verde antico 32, 35, 38, 43, 44, 67, 97, 99, 119, wall veneer and floor tiling, and

121, 123, 125, 133, 138, 143, 147, scarce columns

149, 175, 187, 189, 190, 203, 218,

255, 549, MAB

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