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Title: Ravenna, Basilica di San Francesco, Sarcofago con cinque nicchie
Start date: 300
End date: 399
Historical Period: Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description: 

Sarcophagus with five shell-shaped niches with the scene of the “Traditio Legis”. At the center is depicted Christ giving the scroll to Saint Paul. Three apostles are depicted in the side niches. In the acroteria of the lid are carved the coats of arms of the Bensai and Del Corno family, who reused the sarcophagus in the seventeenth century.

Place: Basilica di San Francesco, Italy  
Languages: No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium: marble (rock)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: Biblioteca Classense Mario Mazzotti Archive  
Physical type: sarcophagi (coffins)
Material and technique: relief (sculpture techniques)
Data provider: Museum of Ravenna  
License: All rights reserved
Rights holder: Ravenna Diocese  
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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