Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14008/2617
Contributors: Nicholas I  
Title: Chiesa dei Cavalieri di Malta - Fot. Governatorato Roma Neg. X Rip 18 x 24 n. 602
Start date: 900
End date: 1099
Historical Period: Western Middle Ages
Description: 

Altar decorated with bas-relief and incised decoration, featuring a triangular pediment sustained by two semi-fluted columns on Corinthian capitals. The columns are flanking a pseudo-portal, framed by a cornice made of a phytomorphic interlaced pattern. The pediment tympanum hosts an image of the Agnus Dei surrounded by a wreath and flanked by two doves; both the ranking and the horizontal cornices bear a continuous Latin inscription. Two peacocks perch on the roof of the pediment, facing the cross at the top of it.

Place: S. Maria del Priorato, Italy  
Languages: Latin
Medium: marble (rock)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: UNIBO Zeri Foundation  
Physical type: altars (religious fixtures)
Material and technique: carving (processes)
incising
relief (sculpture techniques)
Data provider: University of Bologna  
License: 
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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