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 34
EARLY CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY 14 Hellenistic or “Adoration" Type. Group I. Adoration of Ox and Ass alone. In this first group only the ox and the ass do homage to the new born Babe. The earliest example is in a fresco in the catacomb of S. Sebas- tiano (Fig. 6) and dates from the fourth century.2… … Fig. 6. Rome: S. Sebastiano, Fig. 7. Milan: sarcophagus. The fresco. The Adoration of the Adoration of the Ox and Ass. Ox and Ass. the introduction of the nimbed bust of Christ above the crib, where the animals worship the young Child, and by the absence of the Virgin and Joseph, or other…
Christian art and symbolism · Ivory carving · Art
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