The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 313
ing crowns, extending in a line oneach side as far as the gates. Above them are three figuresthat are pointing toward Christ: the beardless Moses, with thebook of the law (lege), and the bearded Elias, the two prophetsof the Transfiguration, probably thought to be the two witnessesof Revelation… … PAINTING 303 Taking restorations into account, — which are more destructiveat these ends than anywhere else, — it would seem as if the ap-proaching cohorts on the right consisted originally of womenand those on the left of men. The former are being receivedonly by two angels, the latter by S. Paul…
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