Sacrifice of Isaac - Palantine Chapel, Palermo

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Fri, 09/16/2016 - 14:46 - Sacrafice of Isaac - Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily 16/09/2016
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Mosaic dated 1160-1170 depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac. This scene shows God instructing Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, the bound Isaac with the angel halting Abraham at the last moment, and the ram caught in the bushes.