Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 326
bove these were the symbolsof the Evangelists. This inscription is on the wall oppositethe apse. More common are inscriptions under the apsidal MOSAICS— Consttantinian Period 2U1 mosaic, or upon the arch. The historical compositions of thenave were often accompanied by an explanatory inscription,… … Fig. 124. — Portrait mosaic fron century. contain numerous elements drawn from Classic art and fromthe early Christian cycle, but they appear at the same time tohave struck out very definitely upon the lines which charac-terized all subsequent developments of apsidal decoration. Thetransitional…
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