Chersonesos in the Crimea : the first christian buildings (4th-5th centuries) (L’Empire des Théodoses)

P. 147 – fig. 10 – Southern cemetery, Cruciform church, mosaic. The chancel area of the church was paved with marble, the remainder of the space was covered with mosaics. In the centre of the composition is the depiction of a cantharos with a vine growing out of it and a pair of symmetrically placed peacocks. In the southern arm, the motif, placed in a medallion, is a simplified replica of the central theme. These symbolic representations are among the most widespread in Early Christian art. The decoration of the northern and western arms of the cross consists of geometric motifs and interwoven circles, which include various zoomorphic and vegetal motifs. P. 156 – fig. 28 – Mosaic found under the basilica of 1935. A rectangular chamber was discovered to the south of the Chersonesos synagogue. A mosaic pavement survives. It depicts a vessel with vine and a cantharos