missing. thus the picture clearly indicates that the central figure of the new testament jesus christ the redeemer is superior to the angels in the hierarchy even though he was a human being. the upper basilica of san clemente in rome was built at the beginning of the twelfth century in the by zen time courtly order is abandoned the christian cross dominates the ordering of the spheres still expresses numba and order but more important is the concentration on the christian visual symbols they signify the offices of power christ as the holy land in the center of his flock. this is god as the angel of peace among us a full god it s a different pictorial message from those of antiquity all the buys and time empire