Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 231
n the inscription denotes aman. An early lead medal in the Vatican Museum representsthe martyrdom of S. Lawrence and depicts a female figure ris-ing from the body of the saint to receive the martyrs crown.In the Acts of SS. Petrus and Marcellinus : The executionertestified that he saw their souls… … Fi<;. 04. — Orans icrypt of Lucina palla, fresco in theSecond century. PAINTING— The Orans ■>u:. deny the symbolical significance of the orans. The attitudeof prayer comported with the situation of the soul at the in id, of death: if represented at once thanksgiving for deliverance from…
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