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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 359

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; they are surrounded bya graceful foliage design, and with their shining white gar-ments they stand out in strong contrast against the darkblue ground. Similar figures in stucco appear above in theniches which alternate with the windows. At the top of theseniches are small fields of mosaic which… … Fig. 141. — The Good Shepherd, mosaic in the mausoleum of Galla Placldia, Eavenna. Fifth centuiy. four times the same theme: an ornamental arcade, in the midstof which is an altar supporting an open Gospel, and on eachside a rich throne. Alternating with this and four times re-peated is a large…

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

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