Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 318
le at that time. Heargues, moreover, fromthe image of S. John theBaptist, which adornsthe front of it, that itmay have been designedoriginally for a baptis-tery. STATUARY From the greatrarity of the monu-ments of earlyChristian statuarywhich have beenpreserved to us, wemay judge thatthroughout this… … Fig. 117. —Statue of the Good Shepherd, in the LateranMuseum. Probably third century. 200 riCTOHIM. ART merit, and il doubtless corresponded with a real danger of idol-atrous misconception on the part of Gentile converts. We haveseveral times had occasion to notice the statues of preciousmetal…
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