| Title: | Eschatological symbols - sheep |
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| Notes: | There are twelve sheep in the full mosaic of the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, symbolizing the twelve apostles and by extension, the faithful. They form a band below the ascendant Christ, indicating their presence in the afterlife made possible by Christ's sacrifice, as a lamb was offered in the Jewish faith as a sacrifice. |
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| Date: | 527 |
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| Building: | Basilica dei Santi Cosma e Damiano (Rome, Italy)
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| Object/Function: | Mosaic |
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| City/Town: | Rome
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| Country: | Italy
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| Lectionary links: | CHoCr
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AEpip02
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| General Subject: | Sheep
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| Attribution: | Eschatological symbols - sheep, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54426 [retrieved March 21, 2025]. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pelegrino/344249691/. |
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| Record Number: | 54426
Last Updated: 2020-09-30 08:33:16
Record Created: 2011-02-07 13:34:45 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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