The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 325
scene may be accurate. In the apse is Christ enthronedbetween two angels and SS. Peter and Paul. At the opposite 314 CLASSIFICATION OF THE MONUMENTS end, on the inside of the facade, is the Crucifixion. On the sidewalls are lines of oblong compositions taken both from theNew Testament and from the… … Crucifixion, Fresco in S. Urbano aDa Caffarella (Eleventh Century). below reverently approaching with cloths the suppedaneum onwhich Christs feet rest, to catch some of the sacred blood.The Virgin and S. John, Longinus and the soldier with thespear complete the scene. The two donors seem especially…
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