Aquileia Basilica, South hall, second span: Summer's Allegory
Detail of the second span left sector highlighting the arrangement of the mosaic decoration in round medallions, enclosing either an eminent character or a fish. From each tondo four semicircles branch out in a cross towards the neighboring tondi forming concave octagons. In each octagon there is a bird on a flowering branch. A fish, symbol of great importance in Christian iconography, is inserted in the foreground tondo. The allegory of the Summer decorates the tondo in the background. An two-tone waving decoration frames the two medallions.
Source: Comune di Aquileia
315 – 320 AD
Aquileia, Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
Aquileia Basilica, South hall, second span: Summer's Allegory
Detail of the second span left sector highlighting the arrangement of the mosaic decoration in round medallions, enclosing either an eminent character or a fish. From each tondo four semicircles branch out in a cross towards the neighboring tondi forming concave octagons. In each octagon there is a bird on a flowering branch. A fish, symbol of great importance in Christian iconography, is inserted in the foreground tondo. The allegory of the Summer decorates the tondo in the background. An two-tone waving decoration frames the two medallions.
Source: Comune di Aquileia
315 – 320 AD
Aquileia, Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta