Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 265
ion of a recently discovered fragment of asculptural group, with woodcuts of Dc Rossis con-jectural restoration of it. The principal portion ofthe subject is a female figure, seated with a child onher lap, facing to the (spectators) left—no doubt, the * Roller, Plate XV. SYMBOLISM. 243 Blessed… … Wall-painting, Cemetery of St. Callistus, Rome. the Virgins head is a hand pointing upwards : DeRossis conjectural restoration combines these into amale figure pointing to a star. The sculptured subjectmay be fairly compared with the wall-paintingnoticed above, and may be interpreted as an…
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