Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 78
a wallabove them figured by the rude attempts of Christianartists to portray Gospel narratives. Christian art wasjust unfolding itself. It then was in the bud; the fullblossoming came in after centuries. § Decoration of the Sanctuary. The altar was be-neath the triumphal-arch and above the crypt,… … SANCTfARY OF ST. PAULS BKYOND THE WALLS. it was the tomb of martyrs, witnesses unto death for thefaith; around it, in the apse, were the clergy, living her-alds of the faith,—therefore the .splendor of the edificeshone most brilliantly at the sanctuary. The arch ofthe sanctuary in St. Pauls (Fig.…
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