Hospitality of Abraham mosaic

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The Hospitality of Abraham mosaic is a renowned Byzantine artwork at Daphni Monastery depicting the Old Testament scene of Abraham welcoming three angelic visitors, often interpreted as a prefiguration of the Holy Trinity.

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Hospitality of Abraham mosaic canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine mosaic ⓘ
religious artwork ⓘ
approximateDate late 11th century ⓘ
artMovement Middle Byzantine art ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine art
artStyle Byzantine ⓘ
basedOn Book of Genesis ⓘ
Old Testament narrative ⓘ
conservationStatus well preserved ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalContext Byzantine Empire ⓘ
depicts Abraham welcoming three angelic visitors ⓘ
Hospitality of Abraham ⓘ
linked to: Stories of Abraham
featuresCharacter Abraham ⓘ
Sarah ⓘ
three angels ⓘ
function church decoration ⓘ
didactic religious image ⓘ
genre biblical scene ⓘ
religious iconography ⓘ
iconographicTheme Old Testament Trinity ⓘ
prefiguration of the Holy Trinity ⓘ
influenced later Orthodox iconography of the Old Testament Trinity ⓘ
influencedBy classical Greco-Roman artistic traditions ⓘ
locatedIn Daphni Monastery ⓘ
Katholikon of Daphni Monastery ⓘ
linked to: Daphni Monastery
locatedNear Athens ⓘ
materialUsed glass tesserae ⓘ
gold tesserae ⓘ
medium mosaic ⓘ
notableFor refined classical style ⓘ
subtle modeling of figures ⓘ
use of gold background ⓘ
partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site "Daphni Monastery" ⓘ
linked to: Daphni Monastery

mosaic decoration of Daphni Monastery ⓘ
period Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
schoolOfArt Attic school of Byzantine mosaic ⓘ
setting oak of Mamre ⓘ
linked to: Mamre
subjectMatter divine visitation ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ
support church wall ⓘ
theologicalInterpretation symbol of the Holy Trinity ⓘ
type of Christian Eucharist ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1990 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ
visualFeatures architectural and landscape background ⓘ
seated angels around a table ⓘ

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Daphni Monastery → notableWork → Hospitality of Abraham mosaic ⓘ