Cividale: Battistero di Callisto. Archetto con fiere ghignanti

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Title:	Cividale: Battistero di Callisto. Archetto con fiere ghignanti
Start date:	700
End date:	799
Historical Period:	Western Early Middle Ages
Description:	Arch from the baptismal font of Callistus decorated with two lions threatening two lambs. The archway's band is decorated with vine shoots, leaves and bunches of grapes, eaten by doves and peacocks. A Latin inscription runs on the top of the arch.
Place:	Cividale del Friuli, Italy
Languages:	Latin
Medium:	stone (worked rock)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	UNIBO Bovini Archive
Physical type:	arches baptismal fonts
Material and technique:	carving (processes)
Data provider:	University of Bologna
License:
Rights holder:	Christian museum, Cividale
Appears in Collections:	BYZART