| Title: | Lamb of God - Basilica of Cosmas and Damien |
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| Notes: | Lamb of God depicted over the four rivers of creation. This is a popular motif emphasizing Christ as the advent of a new creation. The Basilica is the oldest church in the Roman Forum, and is an example of Christian appropriation of pagan temples. The basilica hall was attached to a round temple that has been identified as the Temple of Jupiter Stator, which has been dated to the 3rd century BC. |
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| Date: | 527 |
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| Building: | Basilica dei Santi Cosma e Damiano (Rome, Italy)
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| Object/Function: | Mosaic |
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| Country: | Italy
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| Scripture: | Genesis 2:1-11
Peter I, 1:17-23
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| Lectionary links: | AEpip02
AEast03
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| General Subject: | Lamb of God
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| Copyright Source: | Image donated by Lee M. Jefferson |
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| Copyright Permission: | Donor must be contacted for permission. |
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| Attribution: | Lamb of God - Basilica of Cosmas and Damien, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=52396 [retrieved March 6, 2021]. Original source: Image donated by Lee M. Jefferson. |
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| Record Number: | 52396
Last Updated: 2021-02-16 19:51:10
Record Created: 2007-08-22 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
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Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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