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History of early Christian art

Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · 1893 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · 91 pictures

A survey of early Christian art by the English clergyman and antiquary Edward Lewes Cutts, published in London in 1893 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge for general readers and church students. Line engravings copy catacomb frescoes, carved sarcophagi, mosaics and lunettes, giving robed figures, orant poses, chi-rho monograms, vines and sheep in flat outline suited to reuse as spot ornament or border.

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

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