Noah Takes the Animals onto the Ark

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

Genesis 7:1-5. The inscription says noe poni fecit bestias et volucres in arca, "Noah has the beasts and birds put into the ark." His three sons are seen on the right, the four wives in the central window.

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