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Basilica of San Vitale wall mosaic decoration, apse, semi-dome: bishop Ecclesius, detail of the representation of Christ Kosmokrator. On a golden background, standing on flowered grass, bishop Ecclesius next to a winged angel offers a model of the…

Basilica of San Vitale, wall mosaic decoration, apse, arch: two angels are holding a chrismon monogram.

Basilica of San Vitale, wall mosaic decoration, apse, arch: two angels are holding a chrismon monogram.

Basilica of San Vitale, wall mosaic decoration, apse, arch: representation of Bethlehem (inscription)

Basilica of San Vitale, wall mosaic decoration, apse, arch: representation of Bethlehem (inscription)

Basilica of San Vitale, wall mosaic decoration, apse: cornucopias and bird; detail of arch intrados decorative pattern.

Basilica of San Vitale, wall mosaic decoration, apse: cornucopias and bird; detail of arch intrados decorative pattern.

Chancel slabs decorated with bas-relief geometrical interlaced patterns and forms, and phytomorphic motifs

Fragmentary chancel post decorated with bas-relief phytomorphic motifs, grapes and the fleur de lis motif

Fragmentary chancel slab decorated with bas-relief geometrical interlaced pattern

Fragmentary chancel slab decorated with bas-relief geometrical interlaced pattern

Fragmentary door frame, decorated with bas-relief and inlaid phytomorphic friezes, and clipea with busts of Christ and St. Peter. The clipea borders bear Latin invocations

Fragmentary door lintel, decorated with bas-relief phytomorphic friezes and a clipeus with the bust of Christ. The border of clipeus bears a Latin invocation.

Detail of door lintel decorated with bas-relief phytomorphic friezes, birds, geometric decorative patterns and two clipea with the busts of Saints Praxedis and Pudens

Detail of a slab and flanking posts reused in the altar of the abbey of S. Pietro in Valle. The architectural elements are decorated with bas-relief and incised motifs, geometrical patterns, stylized phytomorphic motifs and human figures. The slab…

Slab decorated with bas-relief phytomorphic motifs

Fragmentary architrave, decorated with phytomorphic motifs, with the scene of Zacharias visited by the angel