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Ravenna, Basilica di San Vitale, Lunetta con i sacrifici di Abele e Melchisedec, particolare
Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, south wall, lunette, mosaic decoration: Melchizedek. Detail of the representation of Abel and Melchizedek Sacrificing, episode of Genesis. On the right side of an altar, beside a temple, Melchizedek, dressed with sacerdotal clothes, offers bread and wine.
Contributors
- Vittore
- Maximinian
Creator
- San Vitale Ravenna master mosaicists
Subject
- Archaeology
- Byzantine art
- Melchizedek, usually in front of an altar, offers bread and wine in a chalice
- Byzantine art
- Archaeology
- Byzantine (culture and style)
Type of item
- wall coverings
Medium
- Gold
- pâte de verre (glass)
- gold (metal)
- stone (worked rock)
Contributors
- Vittore
- Maximinian
Creator
- San Vitale Ravenna master mosaicists
Subject
- Archaeology
- Byzantine art
- Melchizedek, usually in front of an altar, offers bread and wine in a chalice
- Byzantine art
- Archaeology
- Byzantine (culture and style)
Type of item
- wall coverings
Medium
- Gold
- pâte de verre (glass)
- gold (metal)
- stone (worked rock)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Ravenna Diocese
Creation date
- 540-547
- 0540/0547
Temporal
- 6th c. AD
Current location
- Basilica of San Vitale
Identifier
- #442
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-26T15:36:55.688Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-11-22T21:51:38.574Z