Artist: Byzantine influence of tall figures

Date: 9th century

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• Jesus in the center gives a blessing in the Greek manner

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• Above Jesus, God the Father's hand holds a crown

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• Right of Jesus are Sts. Peter, Valerian, and Agatha

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• Left of Jesus are Sts. Paul, Cecilia, and Pope Paschal. The square halo of Paschal indictates he was still alive. He is holding a model of this church

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• A pheonix, indicating the resurrection, sits on one of the palm trees

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• Twelve lambs depart Jerusalem and Bethlehem towards the Lamb of God

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Inscription recalls Paschal's building of the Church and placing the sarcophagi in the crypt