Early Christian iconography and A school of ivory carvers in Provence (1918)
Smith, E. Baldwin (Earl Baldwin), 1888-1956 · Princeton, Princeton university press; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 100
8o EARLY CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY To this Alexandrian-Coptic type must be added the scene on the gold medallion from Cyprus in Strzygowski s collection.1*’ While its general workmanship, as well as the consistent use of the nimbus on Christ, the Baptist, and the angels, recalls the Palestinian-Coptic… … Fig. 67. British Museum : ivory IVORY PANEL OF CHAIR OF MaXIMIANUS. The panel. The Baptism. Baptism. essential features of the medallion classify the scene with the Egyptian ivory in the British Museum. In both scenes, besides the dove descending on the head of Christ, occurs the uncommon feature…
Christian art and symbolism · Ivory carving · Art
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