Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 283
pre-sentation of an orans, or a Good Shepherd, or merely for theinscription. Perhaps the most ancient of the strictly Christian sarcoph-agi is that of Livia Primitiva (Fig. 16), which was found nearthe tomb of S, Peter, and belongs probably to the second cen-tury. The Good Shepherd, the fish, and… … Fig. 93. — ^ai\;uiiiiagu> lu lilt- Latt-rau Mu^l-uui. iuini ct-muo. 1 ht- Guoti Slit-pberdrepeated three times in the midst of a vintage of genii. not later than the early years of the fourth. There is nothingdistinctively Christian in the design, and it may very well havebeen made by a pagan…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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