Catalogue of early Christian antiquities and objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and mediaeval antiquities and ethnography of the British museum; (1901)
British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 78
similar period is one of extreme difficulty, as the work producedin Egypt and Syria has only recently attracted the attention it deserves. The influence of theChristian Orient on the art of the ivory carver was clearly an important one; but in thepresent case a comparison with the Roman saicophagi… … to /. on a stool in the centre, his r. hand holding a book. Before him standsa bearded doctor, his hands also held as if in discourse, and apparently wearinga plaiieta over a long tunic. In the background are two rounded arches of H % 52 EARLY CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITIES brickwork draped with curtains,…
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