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Jim, It took me a while to find pictures of the said baptistries. I can see your point although a far clearer manifestation of arian beliefs would be the line from the "vacant" throne outside the baptism scene, through the Holy Spirit to the top of Jesus' head. Still, there is nothing unorthodox in the picture (other than the personification of the river Jordan, but that appears in both baptistries). The stress you mentioned may have been intentional, but it is not enough to render the picture heretical. I should, however, in all fairness modify my earlier statements. Arian "beliefs" may have persisted, especially among the Goths. Yet, this still does not clearly implicate Theodoric as Arian. As he allowed others to build (if I remember correctly, he also encouraged Jews to build as well), it would only seem right that the Arians could also build. Mark %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%