Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 297
dby a garland. The stem of the P is lengthened toform the upright staff of a cross, on either side ofwhich arc St. Mary and St. John.* Another sarcophagus in the Lateran Museumpresents great originality of treatment. The principalsubject is Jonah in three scenes—cast into the sea,disgorged, and… … a 3rt oo i-j^i HISTORY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN ART. the usual attitude of the Magi, with two figures lyingon the ground, perhaps gathering manna, a shepherdand sheep at the door of a building ; in the lower partof the design, two men (subject unknown), Noah andthe dove, and a fisher. The sarcophagus…
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