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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 380

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e Lateran there were45 such lamps of silver (without mention of pendants) eachweighing 30 pounds. The cantharus could obviously be usedalone; a pendent lamp of this sort was later called biitro. Thegabatha was a dish-shaped lamp for floating wicks. In theright aisle of the basilica there were 40… … Fig. 154. — Bronze lamp. 352 JIIXOB ABTS weighing 20 pounds. AYliether they stood upon the floor, orhung from the ceiling, is not stated; nor whether they sup-ported one or more candles. At all events, there were sevencandelabra which did certainly rest upon the floor, one in frontof each of seven…

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

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