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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 328

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to Constautine.But it seems unlikely that such decoration could have beenadded to the mausoleum after his time. One of these mosaicsrepresents God the Father, w4th the simple nimbus, seated uponthe globe of the world in the midst of ten palms, which repre-sent heaven, giving the law to :\Ioses. It… … ,-aull of the Mausoleum Fourth century. 300 PICTORIAL AliT corresponding mosaic represents Christ standing upon the mys-tic mountain, from wliich flow the four streams of paradise;two sheep approach him on each side from the towns of Jeru-salem and Bethlehem, beside which grow tw^o palms. The…

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

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