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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 290

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in the fourthcentury and is here very characteristically expressed in thefollowing scenes. These scenes represent Moses assaulted bythe rebellious Hebrews, and finally satisfying their demands bystriking water from the rock. The Hebrews are here as usualdistinguished, by their flat caps and their… … Fig. 99. — Sarcophagus in the Lateran Museum. Fourth century. The raising of Lazarus,denial of Peter, Moses receiving the Law, sacrifice of Isaac, Christ before Pilate, the waterfrom the rock, Baniel between the lions, an obscure subject, the paralytic carrying hisbed, healing of the blind,…

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