Roman church mosaics of the first nine centuries (1906)
Bishop, William Warner. [from old catalog] · [Norwood?] Mass · leaf 17
are found on the triumphal arches of otherearly Cliristian churches in Rome. Its age and good workman-ship make one wish that it were more easily examined. Itshould be noticed that all the scenes in this church are Biblical,with the exception of those in the higher zone of the arch,which may… … Figure 2.—Mosaics in the Church of S. Paolo fuori le Mura, Eome. empress Galla Placidia under Pope Leo the Great (440-461).But restorations in the ninth, twelfth, fourteenth, eighteenth,and nineteenth centuries have so changed the work that in allprobability only the design remains of the original.…
Mosaics · Church decoration and ornament · Churches
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