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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 103

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tsoriginal location. The accompanying illustration (Fig. 23) shows a marblewhich S. Damasus i)laced at the end of the crypt of the popes(Fig. 10) ; it is now restored to its original place and is almostcomplete, although recomposed from one hundred and twenty-five minute fragments into which it was… … THE POEMS OF DAM ASUS 75 saints, their lofty spirits the i^alace of heaven took to itself.Here the companions of Sixtus who bore trophies from theenemy; here a number of the leaders who ministered at thealtars of Christ; here is placed the priest who lived in longpeace; here the holy confessors…

Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

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