These three apostles, rendered in mosaic, are from the dome of the Baptistery of the Neonians in Ravenna, and date from the late 5th century CE (see also post below). Stalks that look like fancy agave sprout between them. Their drapery flows and furrows in complex folds. Each carries a crown, presumably the crown of heaven; the promise to the believers who enter the faith by being baptized in the font just below. Baptisms themselves, and the ceremonies, were processional, and so the apostles would have seemed to be participants in the rites.