Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 310
y have still much of the life andgrace of late Hellenistic art. Such figures as that of the child riding the pantherin Chapel XXVIII have all the appearance of fifth- or sixth-century work. InChapel XVIII we see a representation of Orpheus, in another (XLII) of the sibyl.In some of the faces the… … Fig. 174. Painting in a niche, Monastery of St. Jeremias, Saqqara.(Photo communicated by J. E. Quibell, Esq.) P. 283. supported by two winged figures ; in the nineteenth chapel two peacocks flanka central cross. The paintings in this position have been far more exposed todestruction than those…
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