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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 389

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ices in which waspainted the image of the Good Shepherd;1 and though wohave no reason to suppose thai this art of gold-glass was soancient, a similar style of decora) ion inns) evidently have beenin use. ami notwithstanding this gold-glassware never presentsthe form proper to the chalice, the… … Fig. 161. ?r box from Africa. Fourth or fifth century. On the lid, an orans betweenharts slaking their thirst at the four streams of Paradise (the the ceiling decoration of the catacombs; it consists of a centralmedallion surrounded by radiating compartments which con-tain representations of Old…

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