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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 384

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tained oil fromthe holy places of Jerusalem, and is, therefore, decorated withscenes representing the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, and theAscension. The lead coffin illustrated in Fig. 9 is a good example of acommon sort of metal work of the fourth century. A fifthcentury reliquary from Numidia,… … Fig. 155. —Bronze lamp, Jonah under the gourd. 356 MINOR ARTS

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

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