De Petro I, Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis, ch. 27
| Name of text: | De Petro I, Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis, ch. 27 |
| Author of text: | Agnellus of Ravenna |
| Date of text: | 831-846 |
| Date of person in text: | b. 794-804, d. after 846 |
| Name of structure in text: | S. John the Evangelist |
| Type of structure in text: | church |
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| Country in text: | Italy |
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| City in text: | Ravenna |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | lower wall of the apse, behind the back of the bishop, over the seat where the bishop sits. |
| Description of mosaic in text: | And in the Church of Blessed John the Evangelist, because of his sanctity, Galla Placidia ordered that his image in mosaic should adorn the lower wall of the apse, behind the back of the bishop, over the seat where the bishop sits. This image was made thus: having a long beard, with hands extended, as if he is singing the mass, and as if the host is placed on the altar, and behold an angel of the Lord is shown facing the altar, receiving his prayers. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 5 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | For translation see Agnellus of Ravenna, The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna, trans. by Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004), p. 124 |
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