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Early Christian barrel-vaulted burial chamber with Christian dipinti on the inside wall; Palatia, Saria island, Dodecanese.
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Early Christian barrel-vaulted burial chamber with porch; on the weathered surface of the stucco of the wall opposite to the entrance traces of red-painted dipinti of Christian character: two or three Christian crosses with flaring arms and a christogram. Below the vertical arm of one of these crosses the soteriological letters Alpha and Omega are suspended and further below with large letters the Christian acronym ΧΜΓ (Christon Maria genna = ‘Mary gives birth to Christ’); birds.
Title: Early Christian barrel-vaulted burial chamber with Christian dipinti on the inside wall; Palatia, Saria island, Dodecanese.
Description:
Early Christian barrel-vaulted burial chamber with porch; on the weathered surface of the stucco of the wall opposite to the entrance traces of red-painted dipinti of Christian character: two or three Christian crosses with flaring arms and a christogram.
Below the vertical arm of one of these crosses the soteriological letters Alpha and Omega are suspended and further below with large letters the Christian acronym ΧΜΓ (Christon Maria genna = ‘Mary gives birth to Christ’); birds.
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