Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 298
receiving a roll from the hand of Christ wereintended to express a parallel to the reception of the Law ofthe Old Covenant by Moses. On this sarcophagus, besides thechief Apostles, two others stand acclaiming Christ, and twomartyrs hasten to lay their crowns at his feet. The crowns, SCULrrUBE —… … Fig. 104. — Sarcophagus in Ravenna. Fifth century. Christ, enthroned, giving the Law toPeter and Paul, two Apostles hailing him, two martyrs offering their crowns. garment, in holding any sacred object. The custom was de-rived from pagan usage; the edicts of the emperor, for example,were thus…
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