The Third Day of Creation

12th-13th century
Mosaic
Cathedral of the Assumption, Monreale, Sicily

The inscription quotes Genesis 1:9, congregentur aque que sub celo sunt in locum unum et appareat arida, "Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear."

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