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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 327

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vided into twelve com-partments by as many caryatids, which, by a graceful transi-tion, terminated in a cluster of acanthus stems, supporting inturn smaller caryatids, which framed more compartments, andfinally interlaced at the center of the dome. The subjectswhich were depicted in these… … Fig. 125. — Mosaic decoration of two sections of the Iing-; MOSAICS— ConstanUnian Period 299 which was more distinctive of the age of Constautine Susanna, the judgment of Daniel, the sacrifice of Cain andAbel, ]\Ioses striking the rock, Elijah and the priests of Baal,and the sacrifice of Abraham.…

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

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