Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 149
mparatively modern times. Thefragments were seen in the sixteenth century by Gyllius, who said that the nosewas nine inches long, and the leg taller than a man. It originally stood upona bronze column in the Augustenm, raised upon a base with seven marble steps.We are enabled to form some idea of… … Fig. 72. Daniel and the lions : end of a sarcophagus in the Museum at Eavenna. (Eieci.) P. 139. in front of the palace at Eavenna, and now also destroyed, was comparable to thismonument of Justinian, but it may have been partly inspired by the type of theequestrian saint, or hero of the faith, so…
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