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History of early Christian art (1893)

Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 331

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Gilded glass vessel: Ponipeiane, Teodora, vib(v)atis. gests that the vessels were wedding presents ; chil-dren sometimes accompany the adult figures. Thefigures of our Lord and of Apostles often occupythe centre, with their names inscribed over them ;by far the most frequent are St. Peter and St.… … which occur singly, or in pairs, or in threes, are Peter, Paul, Timothy, Simon, Luke, Judas; and saints, as Hippolytus, Laurence, Vincent, Callistus, Marcellinus, Ciprianus, Sixtus, Justus, Florus, Mary, Pcregrina, Liber- nica, etc. Sometimes the central subject is from the Old or New Testament,…

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