Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 279
ater thanthe fourth century. The resemblance between thesetwo is striking. A bas-relief at Athens, which seemsto be earlier than the fourth century, represents ashepherd of the type described above, but it has a * C. Bayet, Recherches pour servir a Ihistoire de la peintv.re etde la sculpture.… … From a sarcophagus in the cathedral, Tortona. Fourth century. bent towards the earth, holds a sheep in his arms ;beside him is a tree with a serpent coiled round it.Among the sculptures with which Constantine adornedthe public places of his new capital Eusebius mentions 258 HISTORY OF EARLY…
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