History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1880)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933, Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 51
ngs and nothing else.The scenes represented belong chiefly to the Ritual of the Dead, the writingsupon which they occur having been found for the most part in tombs, andconstituting, in the words of Lepsius, a kind of funeral passport designed tosecure for the deceased a favourable reception at the… … known as the Book of the Dead.Another celebrated set of miniatures isthat which adorns a papyrus-roll foundat Thebes by the French Expeditionin 1798, and now in the Louvre. Theseries consists of a number of ritualscenes with figures of gods, men, andanimals. It is noteworthy that thesepictures…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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