Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 362
ed in long line above the colonnade.They are an imitation of the portraits of the popes at S. Paulsat Rome. Figure 142 represents one of the bishops which aredepicted between the windows of the apsidal wall. This, likethe seventh-century mosaic in the Lateran baptistery (Fig.181), is illustrated… … Fig. 145. — Miniature from the Joshua Eoll of the Vatican. Fifth centur}\ Joshua andambassadors of Gibeon, in two scenes. deal of difference of opinion about the date and origin of theearliest illustrated manuscripts. The art of miniature illustra-tion was practised before the Christian era, and…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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