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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 233

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hey were associated with the myth-ological decoration of an early crypt. But at Rome the sub-ject did not become popular till the fourth century, afterwhich time it was employed very frequently upon the sar-cophagi and upon the gold-glasses. The creation of man isrepresented but three times ; the… … Fig. 66. — Orans with girdled tunic andveil, fresco in the catacomb of Thrason.Fourth century. PAINTING —Noah 206 Eve, endeavoring to hide their nakedness with a leaf. Verycommonly the man and woman are accompanied by the sym-bols of their respective labor: a sheaf of wheat represents thework of…

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