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San Clemente Apse and Triumphal Arch; San Clemente Other Title(s) San Clemente Apse and Triumphal Arch; San Clemente Title San Clemente Apse and Triumphal Arch Record Type work Type of Work Architecture; Early Christian Architecture; Architectural mosaics Material Glass and gold leaf mosaic tile Date 1100 Location Rome, Italy Style Italo-Byzantine Period Medieval Culture Italian Subject Crucifixion Lamb of God Garden of Eden Four Rivers Apostles Description/Notes Founded in the 4th c. CE, present Church of San Clemente dates from 1100. Mosaic style references Early Christian and Early Byzantine styles. Central apse mosaic is the Crucifixion, with the cross flanked by Virgin Mary and St. John. Cross rises out of foliage, below which are the Four Rivers or Rivers of Life. The entirety of the apse dome is covered with an elaborate inhabited vine scroll (Eden) on a gold ground. The triumphal arch has Christ Pantocrator at the top flanked by the winged symbols of the Evangelists. Below, on the sides, are images of Saints [Sts. Clement, Lawrence, Paul, Peter]. At the base is the heavenly City of Jerusalem. Rights - Deposited Image Charles K. Growdon and Marcia Cohn Growdon Larger Entity San Clemente View Raking view up into apse UNR Accession # 06-MCG-0001-IT

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