Ravenna, Cappella Arcivescovile, Cristo vincitore
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Start date
494
End date
519
Historical period
Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description
Archiepiscopal Chapel wall mosaic decoration, vestibule, lunette: Christ treading on the beasts. Jesus Christ is depicted beardless, crowned with jewelled halo and dressed with tunic, clam and lorica. He is trampling lion’s and snake’s heads, holding a cross rod and an open book with the words: Ego sum via veritas et vita. (Late 5th-early 6th c.)
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Latin
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