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Byzantine art and archaeology (1911)

Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 381

An illustration from Byzantine art and archaeology, 1911, leaf 381
uthful Christ is seen seated on the globe of the worldand extending a jewelled diadem to St. Vitalis, who, presented by an angel,holds out his hands covered by his mantle to receive it:l on the other sideadvances Archbishop Ecclesius bearing a model of the church and likewiseled by an angel. Beyond… … Fig. 213. The Empress Theodora and attendants : mosaic of the sixth century in S. Vitale, Ravenna. (L. Kicci.) and surrounded by his suite and guards, the other the Empress Theodora bearinga golden bowl or chalice accompanied by her attendants. These two sceneseither represent the participation of…

Art, Byzantine · Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism

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