Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 389
ices in which waspainted the image of the Good Shepherd; ^ and though wehave no reason to suppose that this art of gold-glass was soancient, a similar style of decoration must evidently have beenin use, and notwithstanding this gold-glass ware never presentsthe form proper to the chalice, the… … Fig. ICl. —Silver box from Africa. Fourth or fifth century. On the lid, an orans betweenharts slaking their thirst at the four streams of Paradise (the the ceiling decoration of the catacombs ; it consists of a centralmedallion surrounded by radiating compartments which con-tain representations of…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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