The image of Paradise and Valeria’s inscription in an Early Byzantine wall-painting in the church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. A reexamination
Abstract
This study engages with a reconsideration of the wall-painting found in grotto no. 29, the so-called the “Chapel of the Virgin”, during B. Bagatti’s excavations in 1955 and 1959 at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, as well as of the Greek inscription on the same wall, referring to Valeria. The mural would seem to offer an allegorical representation of Paradise, while the incorporated inscription constitutes a plea for the salvation, help or mercy for Valeria’s soul in the next world.
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OVADIAH, A. (2025). The image of Paradise and Valeria’s inscription in an Early Byzantine wall-painting in the church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. A reexamination. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 44, 207–218. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.40813
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