Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 266
cross, asit is called, on early monuments. Besides this, it is well knownhow frequently this sign was used as a gesture, not only inecclesiastical functions, but in private life. In the latter halfof the second century, to judge from Tertullians account, thisgesture was employed more commonly than… … FiG. 79. A coin of Apamea, Phrygia, representing Noah and the aric, reign of SeptimiusSeverus. ing, on going to bed, we trace on the forehead the sign of thecross. With all this it cannot but strike us with astonishment thatan undisguised representation of the cross is rarely found inearly…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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