Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 233
hey were associated with the myth-ological decoration of an early crypt. But at Kome the sub-ject did not become popular till the fourth century, afterwhich time it was employed very frequently upon the sar-cophagi and upon the gold-glasses. The creation of man isrepresented but three times ; the… … Fig. CO. — Orans with pirdlcd tunic andveil, fresco in the catacomb of Thrason.Fourth century. PAINTING — Noah 205 Eve, endeavoring to hide their nakedness with a leaf. Verycommonly the man and woman are accompanied by the sym-bols of their respective labor: a sheaf of wheat represents thework of…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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