Il Duecento Collection

Creation of fish and birds, Old Testament Cycle-Creation, byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII sec (mosaic)
6166383 Creation of fish and birds, Old Testament Cycle-Creation, byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII sec (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Bardi St. Francis altarpiece and twenty stories of his life, The Bardi Chapel
6365927 Bardi St. Francis altarpiece and twenty stories of his life, The Bardi Chapel, Detail of the Saint Saint who teaches lepers, while holding one in his arms and washing the feet of the others

Genoa, Duomo (St Lawrence Cathedral), St St John the Baptist Chapel: "The Ark of the relics of St St John
6372285 Genoa, Duomo (St Lawrence Cathedral), St St John the Baptist Chapel: " The Ark of the relics of St St John the Baptist - detail of the preaching of St St John the Baptist"

Adam rests in the Earthly Paradise, Old Testament Cycle-The Earthly Paradise, Byzantine, XII-XIII century (mosaic)
6166387 Adam rests in the Earthly Paradise, Old Testament Cycle-The Earthly Paradise, Byzantine, XII-XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova)

The construction of the Tower of Babel, Cycle of the Old Testament - The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaics
6166375 The construction of the Tower of Babel, Cycle of the Old Testament - The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaics, XII - XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine

Jesus brings back to life the widows son, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ
6166235 Jesus brings back to life the widows son, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic) by Byzantine

Apsidal arch: Prophet Samuel, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic)
6166454 Apsidal arch: Prophet Samuel, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Apsidal arch: King Salomon, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic)
6166453 Apsidal arch: King Salomon, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Apsidal arch: King David, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic)
6166451 Apsidal arch: King David, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Apsidal arch: Prophet Elijah, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic)
6166450 Apsidal arch: Prophet Elijah, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Apse: Saint Daniel, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic)
6166468 Apse: Saint Daniel, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Apsidal arch: Prophet GIdeon, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic)
6166455 Apsidal arch: Prophet GIdeon, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

transept: the royal throne and the Byzantine mosaic which depicts King William II crowned by Christ (mosaic)
6166437 transept: the royal throne and the Byzantine mosaic which depicts King William II crowned by Christ (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova)

St. Peter on the throne, Byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII centuries in the Southern transept (mosaic)
6166415 St. Peter on the throne, Byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII centuries in the Southern transept (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

The pact of the rainbow. Old Testament Cycle - The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaics, 12th-13th centuries (mosaic)
6166373 The pact of the rainbow. Old Testament Cycle - The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaics, 12th-13th centuries (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova)

Jesus healing blind men and cripples, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic)
6166224 Jesus healing blind men and cripples, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic) by Byzantine

God orders Noah to build the Ark. Old Testament Cycle - The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaics, XII - XIII century (mosaic)
6166395 God orders Noah to build the Ark. Old Testament Cycle - The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaics, XII - XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine

Healing of ten leprous men, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic)
6166340 Healing of ten leprous men, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova)

God introduces Eve to Adam, byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII sec, on the counterfacade (mosaic)
6166330 God introduces Eve to Adam, byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII sec, on the counterfacade (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic)
6166222 Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic) by Byzantine

Genoa, Museum of St Augustine: fragment of crowned head, by unknown sculptor of North of France; XIII - XIV centuries
6372815 Genoa, Museum of St Augustine: fragment of crowned head, by unknown sculptor of North of France; XIII - XIV centuries by Italian School, (14th century); Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Genoa

Genoa, Duomo (St Lawrence Cathedral), St St John the Baptist Chapel: "The Ark of the relics of St St John
6372280 Genoa, Duomo (St Lawrence Cathedral), St St John the Baptist Chapel: " The Ark of the relics of St St John the Baptist - detail of Herodias receiving the head of St John

The expulsion from the Earthly Paradise, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament Cycle-Earthly Paradise
6166389 The expulsion from the Earthly Paradise, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament Cycle-Earthly Paradise, XII-XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine

Noah has the animals loaded onto the Ark. Old Testament Cycle - The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaics
6166371 Noah has the animals loaded onto the Ark. Old Testament Cycle - The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaics, 12th-13th centuries (mosaic) by Byzantine

The original sin, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament cycle-Earthly Paradise, XII-XIII sec (mosaic)
6166360 The original sin, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament cycle-Earthly Paradise, XII-XIII sec (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

St Cassius and St Casto before the Emperor, Byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII century, on the counter-facade (mosaic)
6166327 St Cassius and St Casto before the Emperor, Byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII century, on the counter-facade (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova)

Jesus rescueing St Peter from the waves, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ
6166229 Jesus rescueing St Peter from the waves, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic) by Byzantine

The labours and the work of Adam and Eve, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament Cycle-Earthly Paradise
6166390 The labours and the work of Adam and Eve, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament Cycle-Earthly Paradise, XII-XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine

Isaac and Esau, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament cycle-Abraham, XII-XIII century (mosaic)
6166364 Isaac and Esau, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament cycle-Abraham, XII-XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Jesus healing Simons mother in law from fever, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ
6166238 Jesus healing Simons mother in law from fever, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic) by Byzantine

Crucifix on painted table, mid-thirteenth century
6298879 Crucifix on painted table, mid-thirteenth century by Italian School, (13th century); Cathedral of Santissima Annunziata, Todi, Umbria, Italy; (add.info.: Todi)

Apse: Announcing Angel, Byzantine mosaic with a golden background in the tympanum of the apse (mosaic)
6166445 Apse: Announcing Angel, Byzantine mosaic with a golden background in the tympanum of the apse (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale

Madonna enthroned with the Saints Augustine and Severus, Oratory of the Crucifix
6263034 Madonna enthroned with the Saints Augustine and Severus, Oratory of the Crucifix, last quarter of the XIII century (fresco) by Italian School

Apse: Saint or Theologian, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic)
6166460 Apse: Saint or Theologian, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Apsidal arch: Prophet Eliseus, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic)
6166456 Apsidal arch: Prophet Eliseus, byzantine school mosaic with a golden background (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Bardi St. Francis altarpiece and twenty stories of his life, details from above
6365933 Bardi St. Francis altarpiece and twenty stories of his life, details from above: the creation of the Nativity scene in Greccio St. Francis preaching to birds, St

The lower register of the northern wall of the nave, with stories of the Creation from the Old Testament
6166396 The lower register of the northern wall of the nave, with stories of the Creation from the Old Testament, Byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine

Noah builds the Ark according to the mandate of God. Old Testament cycle-The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaic
6166369 Noah builds the Ark according to the mandate of God. Old Testament cycle-The Great Flood, Byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine

God introduces Eve to Adam, byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII sec, on the counterfacade (mosaic)
6166329 God introduces Eve to Adam, byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII sec, on the counterfacade (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Creation of Eve, byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII centuries, on the counterfacade (mosaic)
6166319 Creation of Eve, byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII centuries, on the counterfacade (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

Rebecca orders her son Jacob to flee to Haram with his brother Laban, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament cycle-Abraham
6166366 Rebecca orders her son Jacob to flee to Haram with his brother Laban, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament cycle-Abraham, XII-XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine

The Virgin Odigitria (Madonna and Child), Byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII century, on the counter-facade (mosaic)
6166328 The Virgin Odigitria (Madonna and Child), Byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII century, on the counter-facade (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova)

Corinthian capital, dating back to Roman age, between the Northern nave and the main one
6166242 Corinthian capital, dating back to Roman age, between the Northern nave and the main one by Roman; Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily, Italy; (add.info.: Monreale)

Isaac blesses Jacob, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament cycle-Abraham, XII-XIII century (mosaic)
6166365 Isaac blesses Jacob, Byzantine mosaic, Old Testament cycle-Abraham, XII-XIII century (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

View of the nave and the counterfacade (mosaic) (photo)
6166333 View of the nave and the counterfacade (mosaic) (photo) by Byzantine, (12th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

The martyrdom of St Cassius and St Casto-The destruction of the temple and the idol of Apollo, Byzantine mosaic
6166326 The martyrdom of St Cassius and St Casto-The destruction of the temple and the idol of Apollo, Byzantine mosaic, XII-XIII century, on the counter-facade (mosaic) by Byzantine

The Miracle of the man with a dried up hand, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ
6166228 The Miracle of the man with a dried up hand, Byzantine mosaic, Episodes from the life of Christ, XII-XIII centuries (mosaic) by Byzantine

transept: the Byzantine mosaic which depicts King William II crowned by Christ (mosaic)
6166438 transept: the Byzantine mosaic which depicts King William II crowned by Christ (mosaic) by Byzantine, (12th-13th century); Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Nuova), Monreale, Sicily

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Step into the enchanting world of "il duecento" in Genoa, where history and art intertwine to create a mesmerizing experience. The St. Lawrence Cathedral, also known as the Duomo, stands tall as a testament to the city's rich cultural heritage. As you enter the St. John the Baptist Chapel, your eyes are immediately drawn to "The Ark of the relics of St. John the Baptist. " This exquisite detail depicts the beheading of St. John with such intricate precision that it leaves you awe-inspired. Moving on to Rome, we encounter another masterpiece – a Byzantine mosaic depicting St. Paul's beheading in St. Peter's Basilica. The mosaic transports us back in time, capturing every emotion and detail with its vibrant colors and meticulous craftsmanship. Returning to Genoa's Duomo, we find ourselves immersed in yet another captivating scene from biblical times – "Creation of fish and birds. " This Byzantine mosaic from the 12th-13th centuries beautifully illustrates this pivotal moment in Old Testament history. In Bardi Chapel, an altarpiece dedicated to St. Francis takes center stage alongside twenty stories from his life. One particular detail showcases Saint Francis teaching lepers while tenderly washing their feet – a powerful depiction of compassion and humility. Back at St. Lawrence Cathedral's chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist lies another remarkable artwork - "The Ark of Relics: Detail of Preaching. " Here we witness an evocative portrayal of St. John passionately spreading his message amidst a backdrop filled with symbolism. Venturing further into biblical tales depicted through mosaics, we encounter Adam resting peacefully in Earthly Paradise - an ethereal representation that captures both serenity and innocence within its Byzantine design. The Tower of Babel rises before our eyes as we explore more scenes from Old Testament cycles portrayed through magnificent mosaics dating back centuries ago - each tile telling a story of its own.