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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 344

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l room of thedomed churches. The church of S. Vitale was built and itsdecoration completed during the reign of Justinian. It repre-sents, therefore, Byzantine art in the latest phase of its devel-opment within the period which we have here to study. Wesee, however, that it was not yet… … Fig. 133. — Mosaic in S. Vitale, Ravenna. Sixth century. Abraham entertaining theangels, the sacrifice of Isaac. ous in the mosaics of Borne. The great dome of this churchis without mosaic decoration ; it is only the presbyterium Ave 310 pictobial Airr

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