The entire presbytery area is raised a few steps above the nave.
As you ascend the steps, on the right, inside a lattice wall, you will find a large bronze basin of Arab workmanship, datable to the 10th-11th century. According to
tradition it is the vessel in which the relics of St Bartholomew were transported from Benevento to the Ottonian basilica
Basin for transporting the relics of St Bartholomew
