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This is a detail from a 6th century mosaic located in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. It is called "The Hospitality of Abraham" and depicts the Old Testament foreshadowing of the Trinity found in Genesis 18:1-16.
In this scripture passage, three strangers visit Abraham near the tree of Mambre and he offers them hospitality, as shown in the mosaic.
Significantly, the loaves of bread are marked with the Cross and the three strangers have similar features, symbolizing the unity of the Trinity. Here are the first few verses of that scripture from the Douay Rheims bible:
1- And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day. 2 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near him: and as soon as he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground. 3 And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant: 4 But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree. 5 And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.
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