The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 38
mb ofPeter, and in front of it a double line of twelve superb spiralcolumns, supporting architraves with sculptures. In the apse was a mosaic of Christ and the two princes ofthe apostles Paul and Peter. Constantines inscription on thearch read, addressing Christ: — BECAUSE, LED BY THEE, THE WORLD… … S. Peter (Old Basilica). atrium was paved, a mosaic was placed on the fagade at theexpense of the ex-prefect Marinianus (c. 450); and two palaceswere built to flank the atrium. At this early date the aisleswere not, as later, filled with altars and chapels, but the ba-silica was surrounded by…
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