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St. Matthew holds an open scroll with his name inscribed on it. From the sarcophagus of Concordius, bishop of Arles, housed in the Arles Museum of Antiquities. ca. 380-390 📷🇫🇷 flic.kr/p/28xNbTq #photography #archaeology #iconography #SarcophagusSaturday #EarlyChristian
St. Matthew the Evangelist (Ar... -
For #SarcophagusSaturday a beautiful 5th cent. piece found in the cathedral of #Ravenna. The "sacrophagus of San Barbaziano" depicts a youthful, beardless Christ in the central niche flanked by Peter and Paul. The early beardless Christ type was used well into the sixth century. https://flic.kr/p/2pgt7Hd
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After sailing by it each time we went to Skellig Michael, it was fantastic to finally get to visit Illaunloughan at the weekend, lovely site!
Recommend the really interesting publication on the excavation there by Jenny White Marshall and Claire Walsh.
#kerry #WildAtlanticWay #IrishArchaeology #IrishHistory #EarlyChristian #EarlyMedieval #DiscoverIreland