Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 259
as Scripture, andthai the artist was acquainted with the Gospel of S. John. In the civil museum at Leghorn there is an ivory pyx fromCarthage, of about the fourth century, which, among other sub-jects, represents the feeding of the multitude. Christ is seated,and he stretches out his hands to bless… … Fig. 75. — Fragment of a fresco of the middle of the second century, in the crypt of Lucina, containing loaves of bread carried the consecrated bread to the congregation, and it is evi-dent that the artist wished to point the comparison between theservice of the Apostles upon this occasion and that…
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