Ravenna, Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Sacrifici di Abele, Abramo e Melchisedec, particolare
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673
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679
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Western Early Middle Ages
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Basilica of Saint Apollinare in Classe, apse, south wall: detail of Abel, Abraham and Melchizedek Sacrificing, episodes of Genesis. In the middle, Melchizedek is depicted beside an altar with bread and kantharos; on his right side Abraham is represented with his son Isaac and on the left side Abel is figured, offering a lamb. On scene top, on the left, Dextera Dei is depicted.
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