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Sheep tied to a tree - probably a reference to the sheep waiting to be sacrificed instead of Isaac. From the mosaic floor of Madaba Cathedral. 130 x 100 cm
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Sheep tied to a tree - probably a reference to the sheep waiting to be sacrifice...

Guinea-fowl and basket with fruit from the mosaic floor of Madaba Cathedral. 75 x 90 cm
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Guinea-fowl and basket with fruit from the mosaic floor of Mada...

A cock, detail from the mosaic floor of Madaba Cathedral. 755 x 90 cm
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A cock, detail from the mosaic floor of Madaba Cathedra...

Young boar in a frame of ornamental leaves, detail of a mosaic from the Hypolitos Hall below Saint Mary's Church in Madaba. 80 x 80 cm
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Young boar in a frame of ornamental leaves, detail of a mosaic from...

Fish and fruit trees, detail from the mosaic floor of Madaba Cathedral. 75 x 90 cm
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Fish and fruit trees, detail from the mosaic floor of Mada...

Adam and Eve, fancy beasts and a donkey playing the harp; from the mosaic floor, cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrtaed in 1088. The mosaic floor of 1166 is a compendium of medieval lore. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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Adam and Eve, fancy beasts and a donkey playing the harp; from the mosaic f...

Two elephants at the roots of the Tree of Life from the center nave of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built by Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor of 1166 is a compendium of early medieval knowledge. See 40-11-24/36-46
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Two elephants at the roots of the Tree of Life from the center nave of the...

A beast with one single head but four bodies, from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor of 1166 is a compendium of medieval knowledge and lore. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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A beast with one single head but four bodies, from the mosaic floor of the cat...

The dove, an olive twig in its beak, returns to Noah's Ark. From the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor of 1166 is a compendium of medieval lore. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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The dove, an olive twig in its beak, returns to Noah's Ark. From the mosaic fl...

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne supported by griffins. From the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic floor was completed in 1166. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) on a throne supported by griffins. From the m...

"Beasts of India" above the picture of India's conqueror Alexander the Great, from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto. The cathedral was built under Roger, Norman Duke of Apulia, and consecrated in 1088. The mosaic was completed in 1166. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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"Beasts of India" above the picture of India's conqueror Alexander the...

The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. March: a burgher washes his feet. April: a shepherd takes his flock out to graze. The cathedral was built in 1088, the mosaic floor was completed in 1166. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, s...