VII/1 slab
          marble, IX century
          cm 108 x 89 x 10
          Spoleto, church of SS. Apostoli

The slab, a fencing pluteo from the destroyed church of “Santi Apostoli”, is enclosed by a frame and decorated with flowers and leaves, following a Byzantine tradition taste decoration that can also be found in other Spoletian productions of the same period.

VII/2 slab
          limestone, IX century
          cm 108 x 71 x 16
          from excavations at the “Acciaierie” in Terni

The slab, reduced to a trapezoidal shape to be reused in a wall structure, must have been part of a presbytery wall.
The decoration is edged at the sides by two flat frames and two simple plaits formed by a four stranded ribbon.
At the centre is a cross with equal twisted arms and leafy elements, and a central disc decorated with a simple six-petalled flower; the spaces between the arms of the cross are filled with two double flowers within a circular twisted frame above, and two eagles below.
The top and the base of the slab contain representations of two crouching beasts.
On the edge of the long side is sculpted a plait made up of a six- stranded ribbon with pearls in the resulting spaces.
On the back is carved a fragmentary inscription, earlier than the decorative relief, which records how a man, aware of the precariousness of life, had the tomb prepared for himself while still young.
The slab was found in the 1960s at the steelworks in Terni, a short distance from other carved tombstones which had probably belonged to a Roman funerary monument.

VII/3 capital
          marble, VIII - IX century
          cm 14 x 39 x 16

Bell-shaped capital decorated on the four sides by a three ribbon braid that ends on the upper corners with a double eyelet motif.

VII/4 capital
          “caciolfa” stone, IX century
          cm 21 x 30 x 20

Double row of hispid leaves interlaced with curlicues; a rosette is found at the centre of each side of the abacus.
The capital can be compared with the capitals of san Zeno in Bardolino (VR) and with an item reused in the crypt of the old Cathedral of Brescia.

VII/5 male head with beard
          limestone, IX century
          cm 23 x 24 x 22

VII/6 small pilaster
          marble, first half of IX century
          cm 49 x 13 x 13
          from the rural homes of St Giovanni and St Paolo in Val di Serra – Spoleto

Delimited by a simple frame, the two main sides develop a simple three-ribbon braid with pearls on the braid’s eyelet; on the upper part a Latin cross is found.
One of the minor sides is only decorated with the braid, the other one is plain.
The typical braided motif that is common on the entire area is also found in the pillar.

VII/7 slab
          travertine, first half of IX century
          cm 50 x 43 x 20

A three ribbon decoration that forms circular patterns linked by simple knots are delimited by a plain frame.
The “braided” decoration is typical on the Early Middle Age sculpture, also this module is significantly frequent in central Italy and it is locally found on a fragment coming from the church of the Madonna della Stelletta of Colle del Marchese in the same bishopric of Spoleto.

VII/8 balustrade
          limestone, IX century
          cm 57 x 90 x 14,5

A two head ribbon constitutes the external frame and forms an eyelet, from where a circular motif of the same ribbon arises enclosing some rosettes; a lily element is arranged on the free spaces between the circles. The slab housing guide can be seen on the depth of the base and two pin holes on the intact side. The decoration is comparable with Roman finds of the half of the IX century.

VII/9 slab
          limestone, IX century
          cm 63 x 138 x 14
          Spoleto, church of SS. Apostoli

The fragmentary slab could have been part of a fencing or of an altar antependium. Two Apostles are represented within arches held by pilasters, the first one to the left is identified as S. Giacomo (S. James) by a graffito; the second one, with the roll on one hand, is one of the Evangelists (maybe S. Luke, considering that the winged ox stands on the pilaster to his left); the third arch is empty, but traces of a drawing can be seen on the background, maybe the preparation to house an image. The first experts that studied it suggested it was from the VIII century and connected it to the sculpture of the master Orso in san Pietro in Valle a Ferentillo, the work, according to the decoration elements seems to be more similar to a later Byzantine production of the Adriatic area.