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San Clemente Apse Mosaic; Crucifixion; San Clemente Other Title(s) San Clemente Apse Mosaic; Crucifixion; San Clemente Title San Clemente Apse Mosaic Record Type copy image Type of Work Architecture; Architectural mosaics Material Glass and gold leaf mosaic tile Date 1100 Location Rome, Italy Style Italo-Byzantine Period Medieval Culture Italian Subject Crucifixion lambs 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. Detail shows base of cross and harts drinking from the four rivers and some of the lambs which form the bottom border. See: http://roma.katolsk.no/clemente.htm Rights - Deposited Image Charles K. Growdon and Marcia Cohn Growdon Larger Entity San Clemente View Detail of the base of the aspe mosaic in the center UNR Accession # 06-MCG-0002-IT

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