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 196
n of the per- sonified Jordan as a fleeing river god, although the presence of one or more angels as attendants is also characteristic. On the Maximianus Chair and an Alexandrian ivory in the British Museum, Christ is small and beardless but in the representation in the Bawit frescoes he is bearded… … Fig. i 5 i . Antinoe: fresco. The Angel Appearing to Joseph and the Journey to Bethlehem. as a magician, touches the jars with His wand. Besides occurring on the Maximianus chair, this semi-historical type appears on the Gans medallion from Egypt. The Healing of the Blind.36 This is simply a…
Christian art and symbolism · Ivory carving · Art
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