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The Virgin and Child, an angel by their side, and a figure behind them that might be St. Joseph (but where's his halo?); and a hand presenting Jesus with a box or a book: very likely that of one of the three Kings with an offering, but just maybe, the man who commissioned this mosaic. |
This fragment of an eighth-century mosaic, shown here in its entirety, is indeed an epiphany. While it's attractive enough, it wouldn't be anything much if it weren't for its provenance: it's one of the very rare remaining bits of the medieval Basilica of St. Peter's, demolished in the late 16c to be replaced by the St. Peter's everyone knows. Why more of Old St. Peter's wasn't saved is a total mystery to me.
It is only thru the magic of PhotoShop that you are seeing this without distortion by the way: the mosaic, in its wooden frame, is high on a wall inside the sacristy; here is the unmassaged photo.
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