Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 188
s furnished occa-sion to remark upon the central importance of the altar for thearchitecture as well as for the ritual of the church. In itselfnothing could be more simple than this importanl piece offurniture. It was, as it was also commonly called, a table.In shape it was copied after patterns… … Fig. 54. — Altar of the fifth century, from S. Quenin, France. pagan altar as the basilica had to a temple, or the statue ofthe Good Shepherd to an idol. We can well understand howthe Romans could make and the Christians admit the reproachthat they had no altars, no temples, no images. This simple…
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