This mosaic pavement of a church (illustration dates to 1880s) belongs to period when realism was leading insensibly from pagan to Christian art. A copy was made by an Italian per order of Napoleon III and then in Louvre. In 1860, it was discovered in neighborhood of Sour (Typre) at Kahilberam - mosaic had been used as a pavement of church. It is believed mosaic dated to 4th century and then used in church in 6th or 7th century.

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