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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 349

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cription (not shown in the illustration) there is amere compendium of the Apocalyptic decoration : a medallion 820 IUToniM. .\irr with gold ground frames a jewelled throne with rich cushionsupon which is placed a wreath and a cross; on each side arethe two Apostles and the symbols of the… … very bottom of the arch wehave the towns of Jerusalemand Bethlehem with their sheep ;the rest of the arch is given up toan historical composition in threezones representing the story of Maryand the infancy of Jesus, accord-ing to apocryphal as well as thecanonical Gospels. It is supposed thatthis…

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