Title
Basilica San Vitale in Ravenna: decoration on the lunette (detail)
Caption
Basilica San Vitale in Ravenna (Italy)
Detail of the mosaic of the bezel: The sacrifices of Abel and Melchisedech. Detail of the table of sacrifice and the Hand of God
6th century.
Info+
Its construction was begun by Bishop Ecclesius in 527, and completed in 548 by the twenty-seventh Bishop of Ravenna, Maximianus.
Date
6th century
Credit line
Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12
Reference
DGL10A03_302
License type
Rights managed
Available size
149,8Mb (9,5Mb) / 21,5in x 27,1in / 6450 x 8117 (300dpi)