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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 284

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ction. The firstis divided laterally into three sections. In the middle standsa defunct matron between SS. Peter and Paul; at both endsis represented the Good Shepherd carrying a lamb on hisshoulders. In the second there is no division into compart-ments; at the ends are seated a man and a woman,… … Fig. 94. — Sarcophagus in the Lateran Museum. Fourth century. Two fishermen, threescenes from the story of Jonah, Noah in the ark, the raising of Lazarus, the water fromthe rock, Moses assailed by the Hebrews, the Good Shepherd. It was very rarely that the artists were content to adorn asarcophagus…

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