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 134
EARLY CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY 114 Fig. 74). We cannot say whether or not this was an early manner of representing the scene before any type had been established, for the date and even the provenience of the “Roman glass” are matters of speculation. The feature of Lazarus with his head bare, which is… … Fig. ioi. Rome: sarcophagus. The Rais- ing of Lazarus. casket is supposed by Strzygowski to have come from Asia Minor and the Coptic ivories represent the native Egyptian method, seen on the Fayum portrait mummies, of painting or carving an uncovered head of the deceased on the top of the mummy. In…
Christian art and symbolism · Ivory carving · Art
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