Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 199
f the early Christian chancels,whether they were of stone, wood, or metal. During thefourth and fifth centuries they adhered closely to the patternswhich had been long current in Kome, — that is to say, theywere usually stiff geometrical designs in openwork, followingthe technic of metal. Fig. 57… … |i|!-.- .■■i*!ll.l! o //J; • Fig. 5S. — Chancel in S. Clemente, Rome. Sixth century. type of decoration, and became the chief field for such stonecarving as was still practised,—that is, for the conventionaldesigns in low relief which were copied from contemporarytextile patterns (see p. 377). No…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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