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Apse Mosaic

Artist: Iacopo Torriti

Date: 1295

 

• There are five mosaics of Mary below the apse. The four visible here are, from left: Nativity, Dormition of the Virgin, Adoration of the Magi, and Presentation

• The Dormition in the center connects with the apse above in that, after Mary's earthly life, she was crowned in heaven. Here Jesus holds Mary's soul

Artist: Francesco Mancini

Date: 1750

• The painting is Nativity

Artist: Mino del Reame

Date: 1474 ca.

• The reliefs, from left: Nativity, Liberius Outlines the Basilica in the Snow, Assumption, and Adoration of the Magi. These were part of the previous baldacin

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