Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 183
stigators of early Christianmonuments that they are remarkably free from scenes of suffering,as the earlv inscriptions furnish few examples of the expression ofa spirit of complaining, despair, or vindictiveness. It is quite gen-erallv agreed that in the first four centuries no instance of a… … Fgl. 62.—A Cruilflxlon. From an Ivory in Ilic Maskell Collection in British Museum,of tile fifth century. Probably the scourging, the cross-bearing, and the crucifixion, all of whichbecame favorite subjects of art portraiture in the mediaeval })eriod,are rarely met in the art of the first three and…
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