Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 251
heOstrian cemetery represents the parable of the Wise Virgins. 222 PICTORIAL ART The scene is divided in two by an orans: on the right -are thelive Virgins holding lighted torches; on the left they allappear seated at the marriage feast. The same parable isrepresented again in the fourth-century… … Fig. 70. —Yeneranda introduced into paradise by S. Petronilla, fresco in the catacomb ofDomitilla. Fourth centur}\ and extinguished. It is probable that both paintings markedthe tombs of consecrated virgins. The introduction into heaven through the kind offices of asaintly advocate was sometimes…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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