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Detail Looking up into the dome of the interior of the Arian Baptistry , Ravenna , Italy , Europe , was erected by Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great between the end of the 5th century and the beginning of the sixth century It is thus contemporary with the Basilica of Sant Apollinaire Nuovo The Baptistry is octagonal in shape ; inside are four niches and a dome with mosaics , depicting the baptism of Jesus by Saint John the Baptist Jesus is shown beardless and naked , half submerged in the Jordan John the Baptist is wearing a leopard skin On the left stands a pagan god in the guise of a white haired , old man in a green cloak , holding a leather bag He is the personalisation of the river Jordan Above , the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove sprays lustral water from its beak ? |
