Stories of the Childhood of Christ and of the Old Testament

The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

 
DESCRIZIONE:
Connected to the reign of Pope Sixtus III, the splendid mosaics on the triumphal arch, depict, in four superimposed sections, the first events of the life of Christ from the apocryphal gospels. On the walls of the nave are the old testament scenes Abraham, Jacob, Moses and Joshua.
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