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Work of Art Record 1

Poreč, Basilica of Euphrasius, central apse border, mosaic, left side: Medallions enclosing Lamb of God and female saints.
Poreč, Basilica of Euphrasius, central apse border, mosaic, left side: Medallions enclosing Lamb of God and female saints.

Record No

1

Collection

The Svetlana Tomeković Database of Byzantine Art

IMA System Number

171904

Location

Croatia, Istarska Županija, Poreč, Basilica of Euphrasius

Date

540–560

Subject Headings

Agnes of Rome
Lamb of God
Cecilia of Rome
Agatha of Catania
Eugenia of Rome
Felicitas of Carthage
Basilissa of Antioch

Description

Central Apse, border: Medallion enclosing Lamb of God, cross-nimbed, on starred background, flanked by twelve medallions enclosing busts of female saints, all nimbed:

Left: Agatha of Catania, inscribed S(AN)C(T)A AGATHE; Agnes of Rome, inscribed S(AN)C(T)A AGNES; Cecilia of Rome, inscribed S(AN)C(T)A CICILIA; Eugenia of Rome, inscribed S(AN)C(T)A EVGENIA; Basilissa of Antioch, inscribed S(AN)C(T)A BASILISSA; Felicitas of Carthage, inscribed S(AN)C(T)A FILICITAS.

Notes

Mosaic in apse. 

Citations

Terry, A., & Maguire, H., Dynamic Splendor: The Wall Mosaics in the Cathedral of Eufrasius at Poreč (2007), pp. 11, 13-22, 34, 45-46, 49-50, 85-87, 92, 133, 152, 166-168, 174, 188; color figs. 67-96.

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