Program

The oral presentations will be held in English.

The oral presentations will last for 25 minutes and will be followed by 5 minutes of discussion.

Friday 3 October 2025

8:30 – 9:00 registration

8:55 – 9:00 opening and welcome to the EMA colloquium (Helena Tůmová)

9:00 – 9:35 keynote inaugural lecture Notes on elements of architectural culture in the Eastern European provinces of the Roman Empire, with particular reference to inland sites from middle imperial to protobyzantine period (Patrizio Pensabene)

9:35 – 9:40 discussion

9:40 – 10:05 Marble in private house peristyles between East and West in the Roman Empire (Paolo Barresi)

10:05 – 10:10 discussion

10:10 – 10:35 Provenance analysis of ancient white marble today - critical review and case study of the use of marble in ancient metropolises (Walter Prochaska)

10:35 – 10:40 discussion

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 11:25 Ad silicem extendit manum suam. Unknown fragments of marble furnishings at the National Museum of Ravenna (Paola Novara)

11:25 – 11:30 discussion

11:30 – 11:55 Viae Marmorum: late ancient exchange of Ravenna in the evidence of marble and pottery (Helena Tůmová – Enrico Cirelli)

11:55– 12:00 discussion

12:00 – 12:25 A State-of-the-Art Multi-Analytical Approach to White Marble Provenance Analysis (Aneta Kuchařová)

12:25– 12:30 discussion

12:30 – 13:45 Lunch break

13:45 – 14:10 More is more: strategies for the selection and distribution of polychrome marbles in the decorative programs of Late Antique monuments (Andrea Paribeni)

14:10– 14:15 discussion

14:15 – 14:40 Science-Based Restoration through White Marble Provenance Studies in Building Conservation (Vasiliki Anevlavi – Walter Prochaska)

14:40– 14:45 discussion

14:45 – 15:10 Marble funiture from the church of S. Agnes in Istria (Gaetano Benčić)

15:10– 15:15 discussion

15:15 – 15:40 Coffee break

15:40 – 16:05 Marble decoration from the Late Roman proconsul's palace in Savaria (Anita Polgár-Nyerges – Judit Zöldföldi)

16:05– 16:10 discussion

16:10 – 16:35 Recognition and origin of the stones used for Venetian wellheads in the early Middle Ages (Martina Secci)

16:35– 16:40 discussion

16:40 – 17:05 A relief decorated block with a Macedonian panoply in Venice: petrological analysis versus iconography and style (Eugenio Polito)

17:05– 17:15 discussion and conclusion of the EMA I colloquium