| Title: | St. Vitale - Emperor Justinian Offering the Bread of the Eucharist |
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| Notes: | Mosaic panel on the left (north) wall of the apse depicting Emperor Justinian, clothed in full regalia and standing in the center of a retinue of clergy, officials and soldiers (flanked on the right by Bishop Maximian), bringing the bread of the Eucharist to the altar |
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| Date: | 521-547 |
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| Building: | San Vitale, Ravenna
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| Material: | Other |
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| City/Town: | Ravenna
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| Country: | Italy
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| Person as Subject: | Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 482-565
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| Lectionary links: | BProp15
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| General Subject: | Bread
Eucharist
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| Copyright Source: | Prof. Patout J. Burns |
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| Copyright Permission: | Permission for non-commercial use with the attribution |
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| Attribution: | St. Vitale - Emperor Justinian Offering the Bread of the Eucharist, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=32148 [retrieved May 27, 2023]. Original source: Prof. Patout J. Burns. |
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| Record Number: | 32148
Last Updated: 2022-07-07 15:42:19
Record Created: 2003-09-11 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Unit:
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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