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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 156

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the people also mightresort to study the Scriptures. The latter fact is indicated bya titidus which Paulinus of Nola devised for the door : — Till-: BASILICA — Prothesis 127 SI QUEM s.wriA TENET MEDITAND] l\ LEGE VOLUUTABjBIC POTERIT RESIDENS 8ACRIS INTENDERE C.IBRIS. In plan the two rooms were… … Fig. 40. —Apse of the basilica Severiana, JSaples. Fourth century. tion in the case of the prothesis, for one of the most impres-sive features of the Oriental ritual was the passage of thepriests carrying the Eucharistic elements through the bodyof the church and in through the chancel doors to the…

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