12-9Choir and
apse of San Vitale
with mosaic of
Christ between
two angels, Saint
Vitalis, and Bishop
Ecclesius, Ravenna,
Italy, 526–547.
In the apse vault,
a youthful Christ,
seated on the orb
of the world at the
time of his Second
Coming, extends
the golden martyr’s
wreath to Saint
Vitalis. Bishop
Ecclesius offers
Christ a model of
San Vitale.