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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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