| Pertaining to s. Sabina (regio XIII - Aventinus) , counter-façade , in situ |
| Titulus apparatus tessellis scriptus |
| Musivum 300 x 1300 x ? |
| Last recorded in Roma, s. Sabina, counter-façade |
| Date: 422-432 |
| Edition(s): ILCV, 1778b; MEC I, tav. XXX; Carletti 2008, 252-253, no. 156; Gandolfo 2015, 441-442; Kateusz 2019, 95-96 |
| Other bibliography: Brandenburg 2005, 174, 175, figs. 92a-b |
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| 〈: a to the left of main inscription〉 ((mulier codicem apertum tenens)) eclesia ex cir- cumcisione 〈: b main inscription〉 culmen apostolicum cum Caelestinus haberet primus et in toto fulgeret episcopus orbe haec quae miraris fundavit presbyter urbis Illyrica de gente Petrus vir nomine tanto dignus ab exortu Christi nutritus in aula pauperibus locuples sibi pauper qui bona vitae praesentis fugiens meruit sperare futuram 〈: c to the right of main inscription〉 ((mulier codicem apertum tenens)) eclesia ex gentibus |
| Texts (a) and (c) are simple captions for the two female figures; yet with no captions, we observe similar figures in the St. Pudenziana apse mosaic (first decades of 5th cent.) . |
| Antonello Vilella, 05/04/2020 |
| Last update by Antonio Enrico Felle on 03/12/2022 |