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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 316

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Fig. 114.— Ivory cathedra of Maxiiniamis, bishop of Ravenna. About 550 a.d. John theBaptist and the four Evangelists, SCULPTURE — Ivo ries 287 the life of the Virgin show the influence of the apocryphal Gos-pels on early art, and present for the first time some of thesubjects which were to become… … mm ivi ^ ^r Fig. 115.-The story of Joseph; example of carving on the back of the cathedra of Maximianus. On the sides the story of Joseph is related in ten scenes. Twoof them are illustrated in Fig. 115: in the lower scene Josephis let down into the well while his brothers stain his coat withblood;…

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

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