Jeremiah, Hebrew Prophet and author of book in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament bearing his name, unfurls a scroll. Detail of 500s AD Byzantine mosaic in the Basilica di San Vitale, Emilia-Romagna, Ravenna, Italy. The mosaic was created after Ravenna was taken by the Byzantine Empire from the Ostrogoths.
Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy: gold-haloed Old Testament Prophet Jeremiah unfurls a scroll in this detail of a a 6th century AD Byzantine mosaic in the sanctuary of the Basilica di San Vitale, founded in 547 AD. The artwork is among those created during the centuries when Ravenna was under the control of Constantinople (former Byzantium), capital of the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire. It remained under Byzantine rule until 751 AD, and the legacy of those years now makes it Western Europe’s greatest centre for the study of Byzantine art and architecture.
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Location: Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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