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Title: Coll. Landau-Finaly, Firenze (Sestieri, Roma)
Start date: 540
End date: 600
Historical Period: Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description: 

Altar front from Constantinople or Ravenna. The decoration is similar to the decoration of Early Byzantine sarcophagi. It includes both architectural forms (arches, pediments and columns) and symbols relating to salvation and eternal life (scallop shells, lambs, palms and crosses). The small window between the central columns probably once allowed the faithful to contemplate a reliquary placed inside.

Place: Cleveland Museum of Art, United States  
Languages: No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium: marble (rock)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: UNIBO Zeri Foundation  
Physical type: altars (religious fixtures)
Material and technique: carving (processes)
relief (sculpture techniques)
Data provider: University of Bologna  
License: 
Rights holder: Cleveland Museum of Art (John L. Severance Fund 1948.25)  
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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