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- (Left) 3 angels tell Abraham & Rebecca they will have a son
- (Right) Abraham about to kill Isaac
- Table is tipped up to see what is on the surface. Bread.
- Middle Eastern hospitality
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- Back of the mosaic above
- (Left) Abel offering sacrifice of bread/wineAltar alludes to church'saltar
- Sacrifice moves from animal à bread/wine
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- Moses and Jeremiah receiving commandments
- Moses cannot look at God in the face
- Burning bush
- Taking sandals off in holy ground (remove dead things)
- i.e. leather (but woven materials are fine)
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- (Center) lamb or sheep wearing halo
- Lamb of God = Jesus
- 4 angels "holding" up ceiling
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- Jesus in center, sitting on orb (globe), scrolls in head, crown
- 2 angels on side (like Roman attendants)
- In Heaven (gold background)
- (Left) St. Vitalis being given a martyr's crown
- (Right) bishop (lacking halo) carrying model of St. Vitale Church
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