Mosaic, Vestibule, Archbishop's Chapel, Ravenna, Italy
Christ treading on a lion and snake representing evil, as a young man carrying cross and book, dressed as an emperor, Byzantine mosaic, detail, 6th century, above the vestibule door in the Capella Arcivescovile, or Archbishop's Chapel, a private oratory for Trinitarian bishops, built early 6th century under archbishop Peter II, on the first floor of the Palazzo Arcivescovile or Archbishop's Palace, now the Archiepiscopal Museum, in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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