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  • Title: Destruction of Sodom
  • Creator:
  • Description: Lot and his daughters run from the burning city of Sodom. Lot's wife has been transformed into a pillar of salt, her punishment for turning to look back at the ruined city.
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons
  • Rights: Public Domain
  • Subject (See Also): Bible Exegesis- Genesis- Sodom Lot's Wife (Biblical Figure)
  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 12
  • Date: 1175-1190
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  • Current Location: Monreale, Cathedral, central nave, west wall
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Mosaics
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Colored stone; Glass; Gold
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  • Inscription: Above city: "Su(b)mertio/Sodome"; Above Lot and daughters: "Fugit Loth cu(m)/uxore et fili/abus suis"
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