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Title: | Salonicco: Rotonda di S. Giorgio. Mosaico della cupola | Start date: | 400 | End date: | 599 | Historical Period: | Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period | Description: | Mosaic's remains of the dome (uppermost zone) in the Rotunda of St. George in Thessaloniki depicting three surviving heads — there would originally have been four — and a phoenix, the mythical bird that symbolized immortality and eternity. In their hands the angels are holding an astonishingly beautiful triple 'glory' composed of stars, a wreath of leaves and fruit, and a colored rainbow. Inside the glory was depicted the figure of Christ, now lost, was depicted standing, holding a staff surmounted by a cross, a symbol of his victory over death. |
Place: | Thessaloníki, Greece | Languages: | No linguistic content; Not applicable | Project: | BYZART Project | Fond: | UNIBO Bovini Archive | Physical type: | mosaics (visual works) | Material and technique: | mosaic (process) | Data provider: | University of Bologna | License: |
Appears in Collections: | BYZART |
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