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History of early Christian art (1893)

Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 155

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vol. i. p. 357.t Ibid., p. 350. J Ibid., p. 349. § Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects forlb.<0, Plate XX. 41. TOMBS AND MONUMENTS. 133 the representation of a turban, and suggests anothermeaning for the name of headstone than the commonone that they are placed at the head… … The Tomb of the Empress Helena, only a ruin of massive brickwork, with a centralchamber in which are eight circular recesses ; it seemsto have been originally of the common type of asquare basement with around upper story, roofed witha dome or conical cap. The Tomb of Constantia isa circular…

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