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  • Introduction ; Paulinus of Nola and the New Visual Rhetoric of Sanctity ; I. Light in Late Antique Baptismal Theory and Practice ; I.1 Initiation and Light Theophanies in Late Antiquity ; I.2 Christian Bishops on Reflecting the Image of God at Baptism.
  • I.3.1.3 The Thrones and Altars Register I.3.1.4 The Level of the Windows and of the Stucco Prophets ; I.3.1.5 The Floor Level ; I.4 Conclusion: Encountering the Divine in Fifth-Century Ravenna ; I.5 The Archbishops' Chapel in Ravenna ; I.5.1 Ravenna at the Beginning of the Sixth Century.
  • I.5.2 The Chapel and the Orthodox Baptistery I.5.2.1 The Architecture ; I.5.2.2 The Inscription ; I.5.2.3 The Iconography ; I.5.2.4 The Light ; I.5.3 Conclusion ; II. Light in the Context of the Eucharistic Liturgy ; Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite ; II. 1 San Vitale in Ravenna.
  • II.1.1 Juliana Anicia and "Justinianic" Churches II.1.2 Sixth-Century Ravenna and the Church of San Vitale ; II.1.3 Venantius Fortunatus and the Ravennate Experience ; II.1.4 The Architecture ; II.1.4.1 The Orientation and Openings ; II.1.5 The Decoration.