Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 298
receiving a roll from the hand of Christ wereintended to express a parallel to the reception of the Law ofthe Old Covenant by ^Moses. On this sarcophagus, besides thechief Apostles, two others stand acclaiming Christ, and twomartyrs hasten to lay their crowns at his feet. The crowns, SCULPT URE —… … Fig. 104.— Sarcophagus in Eaveiiua. rifth centuiy. Christ, enthroned, giving the Law toPeter and Paul, two Apostles hailing him, two mart}-rs offering their crowns. garment, in holding any sacred object. The custom was de-rived from pagan usage ; the edicts of the emperor, for example,were thus…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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