Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 166
Fig. 52.—The tranblatiou of Elijah. SdicoDhagiis m the Lateran Museum. held back by a band. He rests one arm upon an urn from whichflow the living waters, and holds in the right hand a reed, also sym-bolic of the river. The action in these sarcophagi is full of life,and the artistic quality of the… … eiies. From a saico|.luit:us in the Lateran Museum, obscurity, and consequent uncertainty in the interpretation. Themain scene in the lower portion of the sarcophagus is plain; it illus-trates the history of Jonah. The tempest is indicated by The history ofthe full-swelling sail, and by the figure…
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