Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 379
eal of the ancients wasnot the attainment of the maximum power of illumination, butthe impression of beauty produced by an arrangement of varioussorts of lamps and various qualities of flame. By the sheerintensity of artificial light one can turn the night into dayand outdo the sun; by an artistic… … Fig. 153. Bronze lamp in form of a basilica.Fifth century. LA MIS 351 thus enumerated by the Liber Pontifical™: A chandelier(farus) of purest gold which hung under the ciborium (fasti-dium, see p. 157) with 50 dolphins of purest gold, weighing 50pounds, with chains which weighed 25 pounds. This…
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