Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 104
tine prior to the seventh centurymore than thirteen hundred survive. But none of the inscriptions after tlio fourthcenturv bear the svmbol of the tish. SYMBOLISM OF CHRISTIAN ART. 79 families. But tlie tish is not of fre({ueiit occurrence on non-Christiun burial monuments. In such cases it is the… … mrr TTyTnTnfrr^- Fi?. 11.—Supposed, eu< luin^tii scene. that before us is a scene from their every-day life nrrnp^ —■ Fresco from the oldest part of Santa Domitilla, Rome. The fish on the burial monuments of the Chi-istians cannot comport with the ideaof luxury ; hence, we mnst interpret it in…
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