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Cupid sits astride a dolphin in one of many works in this medium in Fishbourne, England. A work in this medium in Huqoq ("hoo-COKE") unusually depicts Samson tying torches to foxes' tails. Scantily clad figures play sports in a work (20[1])in this medium nicknamed for its "bikini (20[1])girls." (20[1]0[1])A military leader (0[1])wears a breastplate emblazoned with Medusa's head (0[1])in a depiction of the Battle of (20[1])(*) Issus in this medium (10[2]0[1])in the House of the Faun. (10[2])A halo surrounds Justinian I (10[1])in one of many works in this medium that decorate Ravenna's Basilica of San Vitale. Gold leaf embellishes an image of Mary and Jesus in this medium in the Hagia Sophia's apse, created using glass tesserae. For 10 points, works in what medium are created by combining tiles? ■END■ (10[3])

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