Abel and Melchizedek Sacrificing | Art for Lent 5 B

Hebrews 5:10 …having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Abel and Melchizedek Sacrificing
Abel and Melchizedek Sacrificing
Mosaic on the right (south) lunette of the chancel, depicting Melchizedek making an offering of bread and wine
521-547
Basilica di S. Vitale
Ravenna
Italy

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Year B

B Lent 5, Art for Readings for March 25, 2012

BOUTS, Dieric the Elder
(b. ca. 1415, Haarlem, d. 1475, Leuven)
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The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek
1464-67
Side Panel from the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament
Oil on panel
Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven
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