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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 403

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Segmentum in tapestry from Achmim.About seventh century. Virgin and Child with anangel. 374 MINOR ARTS … Fig. 173. — Tapestry from Achmim.Symbol of the divine omniscience. and which we now naturally associate with our playing cards :thai is, the lozenge, the heart, the trefoil, and the leaf, — ordiamonds, hearts, clnbs, and spades. These figures had, it ishue. no special point of contactwith Christian…

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