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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 245

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riCTOBIAL AliT dent to the scene— as in the visit of the Magi, etc. It may besaid, too, that in the representations of the miracles his pres-ence was eqnally incidental; it Avas reqnired to determine thesubject, just as the presence of God in the Old Testament won-ders was symbolized by the hand… … Fig. C9. — The Guoil ^hLiiLtid, fresco decoration of a ceiling in the catacomb of Petrus andMarcellinus. Third century. under the figure of a very young man, beardless, and withoutany such marked personal traits as were early ascribed toPeter and Paul. The figure of Christ is, in fact, to be…

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

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