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Jacopo Torriti portrays the manger as a temple-like ciborium in this 13th-century mosaic of the Nativity in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. The angel’s scroll is inscribed in Latin with an excerpt from Luke 2:11 — [Quia] natus e[st] vobis [hodie] salvator [qui est Christus Dominus in civitate David]. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ theLord.