Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 231
the inscription denotes aman. An early lead medal in the Vatican Museum representsthe martyrdom of S. Lawrence and depicts a female figure ris-ing from the body of the saint to receive the martyrs croAvn.In the Acts of SS. Petrus and Marcellinus : The executionertestified that he saw their souls… … Fig. &4. — Orans in palla, fresco in thcrypt of Lucina. Second century. PAINTIXG-The Orans 203 deny the symbolical significance of the orans. The attitudeof prayer comported with the situation of the soul at themoment of death: it represented at once thanksgiving fordeliverance from death, and…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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