A Wikipedia article on the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, describing the apse mosaic completed in 547 CE that shows Emperor Justinian I, haloed and dressed in Tyrian purple, at the centre of a procession with court officials, the generals Belisarius and Narses, Bishop Maximian, palace guards and deacons, and confirming the basilica's inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage "Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna" inscription of 1996. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a crowd sourced, not independently peer reviewed encyclopedia entry, matching this atlas's established convention for a Wikipedia citation. Used here for the mosaic's figure identification, corroborated independently by Daily Art Magazine. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_San_Vitale
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Justinian I directly: "completed in 547 CE that shows Emperor Justinian I, haloed and dressed in Tyrian purple, at the centre of a procession with court officials, the generals Belisarius and Narses, Bishop Maximian..."
Source Basilica of San Vitale (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 15 claims: 11 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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