Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 318
, Veuturi prefers to ascribe it to the early part of thefifth century, and hesuggests that it mayhave been made for aIMaximianus who wasBishop of Constantino-ple at that time. Heargues, moreover, fromthe image of S. John theBaptist, which adornsthe front of it, that itmay have been… … Fig. Ill -Statue of the Good She]>lier(l, in tluMuseum. Probably third century. prejudice againstimages was chieflydirected against this branch of art. It was a tradition inher-ited from the Jews, it was strongly enforced by the Old Testa- 290 nCTOniAL AllT ment, and it doubtless corresponded…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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