Florence Baptistery - Table of Contents

Apse Apse Barrel ceiling features mosaic murals Apse Reredos:  Green and white marble Romanesque geometric design Apse Apse  - Candlestick Four details below: Apse - Candlestick - Detail #1 Apse - Candlestick - Detail #2 Apse - Candlestick - Detail #3 Apse - Candlestick - Detail #4 Lion Apse Altar detail below: Apse Altar detail

Baptismal font Octagonal baptismal font stands near the south entrance. It was installed in 1658 but is probably much older.   ...   The original font was installed in the middle of the building in 1128, but removed  in 1571 on orders from the grand duke Francesco I de' Medici.

"Ecce Homo" Jesus, carrying a cross with a banner:  Ecce Homo, taken from the Gospel of (John 19): Pontius Pilate displays Christ to the crowd with the words, "Ecce homo!" ("Behold the man").    ...   Detail below:

Walkway Upper part of the building, below the mosaic dome   ...    Walkway that continues around the building   ...    Columns of Sardinian granite   ...   Light from the three windows located in each of the eight bays   Walkway Walkway Mosaics

Mosaic Ceiling Begun in 1225. Five of the 8 mosaic ceiling sections   ... Top:  Light from the lantern Top row:  Plants 2nd row: Angels 3rd row:  Episodes from Genesis (online April 2020) 4th row:  Stories of Joseph 5th row:  Stories of  Virgin Mary  and Jesus Bottom row  - half visible: Stories of John the Baptist Two center section details below: Detail #1 - Potestates: chief rulers   ...    Angels: Powers Detail #2 - Episodes from Genesis Center:  Creation of Adam   ...   Right: Creation of Eve from Adam's rib

Mosaic Ceiling Six of the 8 mosaic ceiling sections   ...  Five details below: : Detail #1 Detail #2 Top row: Garden of Eden:  Adam, Eve and the serpent   ...  God questions Adam & Eve   ...   Expulsion Center row:  Stories of Joseph Bottom row:  Stories of  Virgin Mary  and Jesus: Adoration of the Magi   ...   Garden of Gethsemane(?)   ...   Walking on Water and Saving Peter(?) Detail #3 Angels Detail #4 Top row:  Cain & Abel(?)   ...   ?   ...   Moses Middle row:   Stories of Joseph Bottom row:  Stories of  Virgin Mary and Jesus:  Presentation of the of the Infant Jesus in the Temple(?)  ...   Angel appears to Joseph in a dream(?)   ...   Flight into Egypt Detail #5 Stories of  Virgin Mary and Jesus:  Presentation of the of the Infant Jesus in the Temple(?)  ...   Angel appears to Joseph in a dream(?)   ...   Flight into Egypt

Mosaic Ceiling - Last Judgement Mosaic Ceiling - Last Judgement On the left of Christ are images of  'Salvation'   ...    On the right, 'Damnation'.    ...   Two details below: Mosaic Ceiling - Last Judgement - Detail #1 Four  Seraphim angels , with six wings   ...   Christ Pantocrator Mosaic Ceiling - Last Judgement - Detail #2 Note stigmata   ...   Lower right depicts scene from hell

Mosaic Marble Floor Begun in 1209. Mosaic Marble Floor   Six details below: Mosaic Marble Floor    - Detail #1 Mosaic Marble Floor    - Detail #2 Mosaic Marble Floor    - Detail #3 Mosaic Marble Floor    - Detail #4 Mosaic Marble Floor    - Detail #5 Mosaic Marble Floor    - Detail #6  Zodiac  Astrological signs of the zodiac  ...   Cf., Buffalo Savings Bank   ...   Two zodiac details below: Zodiac  detail #1 Center: Libra   ...   Right: Scorpio Zodiac  detail #2

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