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Title:Martyr Vitale and Christ as the Judge
Notes:Mosaic within the concha of the apse depicting the paradisical garden watered by four rivers, in which Christ the Judge, clothed in imperial purple, seated on a blue sphere and holding seven seals, is flanked by two angels presenting Bishop Ecclesius who is offering a model of the church and Vitalis who is about to be crowned by Christ as a martyr.
Date:521-547
Building:San Vitale, Ravenna
Material:Other
City/Town:Ravenna
Country:Italy
Scripture:Genesis 2:10-14
Revelation 5:11-14
Person as Subject:Vitalis (martyr), 2nd century
Ecclesius, Bishop, 6th century
Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:73G22
71A3211
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Copyright Source:Prof. Patout J. Burns
Copyright Permission:Permission for non-commercial use with the attribution
Attribution:Martyr Vitale and Christ as the Judge, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=32008 [retrieved March 26, 2025]. Original source: Prof. Patout J. Burns.
Record Number:32008 Last Updated: 2022-07-07 15:42:05 Record Created: 2003-09-08 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition