Seen as a prefigurement of the Eucharist as well as the Trinity, the visitation at Mamre exhibits Abraham serving the three angels. The remaining activity of Genesis 18 is pictured in the top portion of the mosaic, when Abraham has a long conversation with God regarding the future of Sodom.
Abraham at Mamre-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=54013 [retrieved May 24, 2022]. Original source: Image donated by Lee M. Jefferson.
Record Number:
54013
Last Updated: 2021-08-26 15:10:45
Record Created: 2008-07-08 09:47:01
Institution:
Vanderbilt University
Unit: Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition