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Transfiguration (cell 6)

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In this fresco by Fra Angelico the central figure of Christ within a mandorla of light, has outstretched arms which alude to the cross, is surrounded by the Old Testament figures of Elias and Moses,the Virgin, St Peter, St James, St John, and St Dominic.

 

 

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