Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 384
tained oil fromthe holy places of Jerusalem, and is, therefore, decorated withscenes representing the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, and theAscension. The lead coffin illustrated in Fig. 9 is a good example of acommon sort of metal work of the fourth century. A fifthcentury reliquary from Numidia,… … Fig. 155. —Bronze lamp, Jonah under the gourd. ;;,-,<; MINOR ARTS L56, L57) of the same or the follow-ing century is interesting chiefly as an illustration of the mingling ofChristian and pagan subjects, whichwitnesses to the impotence of de-cadent art to cut itself loose fromearlier models. In…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history
Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
