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History of mediaeval art (1887)

Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 118

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which are seen the buildings of theHeavenly Jerusalem and a hill surmounted by a cross. At the feetof the Saviour sit ten of the twelve apostles,—the two missing, andthe lower part of the bodies of those remaining, were obliteratedduring the restoration made in the year 1588. The… … Fig. 47.—Mosaic in the Apse of S. Pudenziana in Rome. stand two women holding wreaths, who may be considered either asS. Pudenziana and St. Praxedis, or as representatives of the Churchof the Jews and the Church of the Gentiles. The symbols ofthe Evangelists float above in the blue sky, which is…

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