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Antiquities and curiosities of the church (1897)

London : W. Andrews · leaf 192

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e fish was a \erycommon symbol in earlyChristian art. In the catacombs at Rome,which contain our earliest Christian monuments,representations of fish are frequently figured. Some singular ship-shaped vanes may still beseen, the best example is perhaps the one at thechurch of St. Thomas a Becket,… … i8o ANTIQUITIES AND CURIOSITIES.

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