MOSAICS, Michael, 12th-century

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12th-century mosaic from the Byzantine part of La Martorana, also known as Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio in Palermo, Sicily

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ROMAN Mosaic Portrait, Pompeii, 1st century

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Museo nazionale di Napoli

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CIMABUE Christ Enthroned between the Virgin and St John the Evangelist (detail) 1301-02

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Mosaic, 385 x 223 cm, in the apsis in the Cathedral (Duomo) of Pisa

The full mosaic is not by Cimabue... perhaps only the head of St. John, according to Wikipedia

Apsis - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar (Dictionary.com)

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