Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 407
eatureof the decoration of the temples. The LiherPontificalis clearly enough indicates both thelavishness of their employment, and the man-ner of their use, in the Roman basilicas during the eighth andninth centuries. Though the employment of hangings seems tohave had a considerable development… … Fig. 177. — Part ofa clavus in silkembroidery, fromAchmim. Sev-enth century. CURTAINS AXD ALTAR CLOTHS 379 not of a metropolitan basilica, but of a country church. Theuse of hangings must, in fact, have been fairly well fixed asearly as the fourth century; it corresponded to the requirementsof the…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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