Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 326
d Paulwere originally represented, and above these were the symbolsof the Evangelists. This inscription is on the wall oppositethe apse. More common are inscriptions under the apsidal MOSAICS — Constantinian Period 297 mosaic, or upon the arch. The historical compositions of thenave were often… … Fig. 124. —Portrait mosaic from the itaooinb of Cyriaca, now in the Chigi Palace,century. contain numerous elements drawn from Classic art and fromthe early Christian cycle, but they appear at the same time tohave struck out very definitely upon the lines which charac-terized all subsequent…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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