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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 156

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e people also mightresort to study the Scriptures. The latter fact is indicated bya titidus which Paulinus of Nola devised for the door : — THE BASILICA — rrothcsis 127 SI QUEM SAXCTA TENET MEDITAXDI IX LEGE VOLUXTAS,HIC POTERIT RESIDEXS SACRIS IX^TEXDERE LIBRIS. In plan the two rooms were… … Fig. 40. —Apse of the basilica Severiana, Xaples. Fourth century. tion in the case of the prothesis, for one of the most impres-sive features of the Oriental ritual was the passage of thepriests carrying the Eucharistic elements through the bodyof the church and in through the chancel doors to the…

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

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