Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 239
commonlyrepresented standing in the attitude of prayer amidst theflames of a furnace which is fed below by an attendant.Sometimes a fourth person, evidently the Lord, appears intheir midst. They are always clothed in the Phrygian cos-tume, which was used in Roman art to denote the inhabitantsof the… … Fig. 67. — Susanna and the eldt-rs judged by Daniel, frescothe catacomb of Callistus. Second century. PAINTING—The Magi 211 This brings before us a curious, but characteristic trait ofearly Christian symbolism; for these two subjects were notonly compared, but in a certain sense confused, in art.…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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