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Title:Melchizedek and Abraham-Santa Maria Maggiore
Notes:This image is often used as a prefigurement of the Eucharist, and the priestly designation of Christ, as mentioned in Hebrews.
Date:432
Building:Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Object/Function:Mosaic
Material:Glass
City/Town:Rome
Country:Italy
Scripture:Genesis 14:18-20
Person as Subject:Melchizedek (Biblical figure)
Abraham (Biblical figure)
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Copyright Source:Prof. Lee M. Jefferson, lee.jefferson@centre.edu
Copyright Permission:Donor must be contacted for permission.
Attribution:Melchizedek and Abraham-Santa Maria Maggiore, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54011 [retrieved January 20, 2025]. Original source: Prof. Lee M. Jefferson, lee.jefferson@centre.edu.
Record Number:54011 Last Updated: 2022-07-07 15:20:54 Record Created: 2008-07-08 09:40:09
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition