Nimbus carries the mosaic tradition of the Eastern Roman Empire into the present — hand-cut tesserae, gold-ground craftsmanship, and sacred geometry for the modern atelier.
Fifty thousand catalogued tesserae recipes, workshop ledgers, and pigment folios from Ravenna to Constantinople — cross-referenced and searchable by any apprentice.
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Tessellated Blueprints
Full-scale cartoons drawn to the square cubit, with smalti ratios, andamento guides, and setting-bed sequences recorded for every panel.
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Gold-Leaf Certification
Every commission is verified to fourth-century standards — double gilding, mirror burnishing, and hermetic sealing beneath Venetian glass.
The Method
From Codex to Apse
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Consult the Codex
Period, palette, and provenance are fixed in the archive before a single cube of glass is cut.
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Compose the Tesserae
Our masters set smalti and stone line by line, following the cartoon as the panel slowly takes its sacred form.
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Gild & Seal
Gold leaf is laid by hand, burnished to a mirror, and sealed against six centuries of weather.
Testimony
Voices from the Workshop
personDr. Helena PalaiologinaConservator, Hagia Sophia Trust
The north tympanum Nimbus rendered holds a fidelity I have not seen outside the sixth century. Every cube respects its original setting line.
personMarcus AureliosMaster Builder, Ravenna Works
The cartoon arrived full-scale, gold-ground, and true. Our apprentices read it like scripture, and the apse now sings.