Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 347
hizedek offers up to God a simi-lar loaf. He wears slioes, a loose tunic with a broad borderand a sash,, and a long mantle which is fastened at the breast— it was the dress of Oriental kings. His palace appears inthe background. On the other side Abel, in the dress of ashepherd, issues from his… … MOSAICS—Historical Subjects 319 Here we have Abel, Abraham, and Melchizedek all groupedabout the altar, which in this case is supported upon five legsand has only the linen cover. But to return to S. Vitale. It is in the apse we have themost marked expression of Greek or Byzantine art. Christ,young…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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