The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 348
ch PAINTING 337 in some parts, notably the bust of Christ, retained the work ofthe early Christian era (fourth to fifth century). Above is aheavenly sphere, in which the bust of Christ, overhung by aseraph and accompanied by eight angels, floats in the clouds.Below is the church on earth. In the… … Apse Mosaic of S. John Lateran (Reconstructed).(Fourth to thirteenth centuries.) united waters play a multitude of fishes, birds, animals andgenii. On the flowery background stand the saints ; on theright the Virgin, S. Peter and S. Paul; on the left John theBaptist, John the Evangelist and S.…
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