Lot Flees the Destruction of Sodom

12th century
Mosaic
Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily

Genesis 21:15-26. On the left the city is in flames and skulls represent those who have died. On the right the angel is leading Lot and his two daughters out of the city. In the middle the white figure is Lot's wife, who has looked back at Sodom and been turned into a pillar of salt.

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