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Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · 1888 · New York, Phillips · 135 pictures

A survey of early Christian antiquities by Methodist scholar Charles Wesley Bennett, published in New York in 1888 for seminary students and clergy. Line engravings record basilica plans, longitudinal sections and wall elevations, catacomb vault decoration, mosaics, sarcophagi and carved symbols, offering clean outline architecture and dense ornamental borders of vines, birds and animals for reuse.

Church · Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture

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