SS. Philip, Bartholomew, and Luke Mosaics, Monreale Cathedral

12th century
Mosaic
Cathedral of the Assumption, Monreale, Sicily

The cross, flaying knife, and ox that western images give these saints in this period are absent: though constructed under the aegis of a Catholic king and bishop, the cathedral was decorated in a largely Byzantine style. St. Philip is presented as traditional in eastern-influenced images: a beardless youth with a bifurcated forelock, holding a scroll in the left hand and blessing the viewer with the right. St. Bartholomew has his conventional curly hair.

The Greek inscriptions at the top identify each of the saints.

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Photographed at the cathedral by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.