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Dome mosaic of the baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte in #Naples, 5th cent. In the center of the dome a large golden cross, topped by the Greek letter rho is probably a monogram for the name of Christ. On each side an alpha and omega. 📸🇮🇹 flic.kr/p/BZp8p1 #photography #travel #art #EarlyChristian

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Dome, Baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte (Naples, Italy)

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ArturoViaggia Jan 24

Check out my Pio Cristiano Museum | Vatican Museum Early Christian Art Collection on #Flickr. Like sarcophagi? This is for you.

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Pio Cristiano Museum | Vatican Museum Early Christian Art Collection

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Arthur Urbano Jan 24

Check out my Pio Cristiano Museum | Vatican Museum Early Christian Art Collection on #Flickr. Like sarcophagi? This is for you. www.flickr.com/photos/60661... #photography #archaeology #EarlyChristian

Pio Cristiano Museum | Vatican...

Pio Cristiano Museum | Vatican Museum Early Christian Art Collection

Explore this photo album by Arthur Urbano on Flickr!

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Arthur Urbano Oct 25

The archaeological museum at #Corinth houses a number of significant items from the #Roman imperial era through the #Byzantine period. This terracotta oil lamp bears an image of the cross/labarum at its center. flic.kr/p/25zYS6W #photography #archaeology #LateAntiquity #EarlyChristian

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Terracotta oil lamp with cross (Corinth, Greece)

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Arthur Urbano Dec 28, 2024

A rare depiction in #EarlyChristian art of the killing of the Holy Innocents at Bethlehem. From an underground complex in the village of S. Maria in Stelle, near Verona. Herod is on the right, dressed like a Hellenistic monarch. Late 4th cent. 📷🇮🇹 flic.kr/p/fo1FNG #photography #Italy #archaeology

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Arthur Urbano Dec 25, 2024

From the lid of a 4th c. #EarlyChristian sarcophagus in the Vatican Museums, one of the earliest representations of the Christmas story with the adoration of the Magi and the child Jesus in a manger (basket!) adored by a shepherd on the right. 📷🇻🇦🇮🇹 flic.kr/p/itxcNf #photography #Christmas

Early Christian Nativity (Vati...

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Arthur Urbano Dec 14, 2024

I've updated my - #EarlyChristian #Art and #Architecture - album on #Flickr! 📷 #photography flic.kr/s/aHsjHpppwK

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Arthur Urbano Sep 21, 2024

St. Matthew holds an open scroll with his name inscribed on it. From the sarcophagus of Concordius, bishop of Arles, housed in the Arles Museum of Antiquities. ca. 380-390 📷🇫🇷 flic.kr/p/28xNbTq #photography #archaeology #iconography #SarcophagusSaturday #EarlyChristian

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St. Matthew the Evangelist (Arles, France)

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ArturoViaggia Jul 24, 2024

A real crown jewel of #EarlyChristian and #Byzantine #art, the sanctuary of San Vitale in #Ravenna encapsulates in imagery the Trinitarian, sacramental, biblical, and political theologies of the 6th cent.

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Sanctuary of San Vitale (Ravenna, Italy)

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Undiscovered Scotland Jul 8, 2024

The rare and intriguing Yarrow Stone in the Scottish Borders. Its inscription, displayed sideways, is early Christian and in Latin; and commemorates two princes named Nudoss and Dumnogenus, who lived and died in the 400s or 500s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/selkirk/yarrowstone/index.html

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Yarrow Stone Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland

Information about and images of the Yarrow Stone in the Scottish Borders on Undiscovered Scotland.