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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 433

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ts usewas finally disseminated as broadly as the Greek civilization;and, worn without the tunic, it became especially the badge oflearning and philosophy. It was, therefore, clearly more apt 404 DRESS than the toga, the badge of national privilege, to express thecosmopolitan spirit of Christianity;… … Two soldiers in tunic and paludamentum (adorned with the tablion), S. Astcrius, priest, indark tunic and paenula, S. Anastasius (cleric?) in white tunic and yellow pallium. Fig. 181. — Mosaic in the Chapel of S. Yenantius, Lateran to the toga it was a very simple garment; convenience andutility are…

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

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