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This detail of the north wall shows the Three Magi leading the procession of 22 virgins, wearing trousers and Phrygian caps as a sign of their Oriental origin. The Magi's names are inscribed above them. Their very individualized faces are thought to be a later addition to the mosaic. They seem to represent as well the three ages of man, a common symbolic depiction in the later Middle Ages.
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