| Title: | St. Vitale - Agnus Dei |
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| Notes: | Mosaic in the center of the chancel vault depicting the Lamb of God set against a starry, deep-blue background inside a wreath which is supported by four angels each standing on a blue sphere. Lamb of God is one of the titles given to Jesus in the New Testament and consequently in the Christian tradition. It is believed to refer to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb atoning for the sins of man in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices in which a lamb was slain during the passover, the blood was sprinkled along the door, and the lamb was eaten. |
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| Date: | 521-547 |
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| Building: | San Vitale, Ravenna
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| Object/Function: | Mosaic |
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| Material: | Mixed |
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| City/Town: | Ravenna
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| Country: | Italy
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| Scripture: | Revelation 5:11-14
John 1:29-42
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| Lectionary links: | AEpip02
CEast03
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| General Subject: | Lamb of God
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 73G23
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https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=31930
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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 - Agnus Dei, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=31930 [retrieved March 20, 2025]. Original source: Prof. Patout J. Burns. |
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| Record Number: | 31930
Last Updated: 2022-07-07 15:41:24
Record Created: 2003-09-05 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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| Bibliographic Source: | Wikipedia. Community authorship. http://en.wikipedia.org |
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