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The Traditio Legis (handing over of the law), shown between Saints Peter (right, grey beard and hair) and Paul (left, brown hair, mostly bald). The scroll reads: DOMINUS PACEM DAT (the Lord giving peace).

The enthroned Christ surrounded by apostles and the female personifications of Ecclesia and Synagoga (Church and Synagogue). The text in the book reads: DOMINUS CONSERVATOR ECCLESIAE PUDENTIANAE (The Lord is the preserver of the Church of Pudentiana…

An honorary arch of Augustus (built 1st century BCE), Tarraco.

The Arch as illuminated by the surrounding lamps in Rome: the absence of people emphasizes the monumentality and permanence of the structure as a truly integral part of Roman cityscape

Museum Description: “An ivory doll with articulated arms and legs. Found in the sarcophagus of a young girl in the Early Christian Necropolis of Tarragona.

It would have been part of the grave goods of the girl, who died at the age of five or six.…

Cowries throughout Africa are symbols of wealth and well-being and, in some parts of West Africa, were used as a form of currency. In Akan communities cast gold cowrie shells were worn by high-status individuals such as the Asantehene, paramount…