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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 296

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st, and for this reason is placed opposite the judgment ofPilate, while the central subject depicts Christ after his resur-rection. With this clearly established, we are bound to readback the same meaning into the other sarcophagus, with a pre-sumption that its other scenes, too, were thoughtfully… … Fig. 102.—Sarcophagus in the Lateral) Museum. Fourth century. Sacrifice of Isaac,Christ, enthroned, giving the new Law to his Apostles, Christ before Pilate. while Daniel typifies both martyrdom and deliverance. Christstriumphal entry into Jerusalem on the way to his Passion isevidently compared…

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