Ravenna, Cappella Arcivescovile, Cristo vincitore
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Start date
400
End date
599
Historical period
Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description
Archiepiscopal Chapel, wall mosaic decoration, lunette of the vestibule: Christ is depicted without beard, crowned by a jeweled halo. He is trampling the heads of a lion and a snake, holding a cross and an open book with the words: Ego sum via veritas et vita (late 5th-early 6th c.). The lower part of the mosaic was added in the twentieth century.
Language
Latin
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