Roman church mosaics of the first nine centuries (1906)
Bishop, William Warner. [from old catalog] · [Norwood?] Mass · leaf 21
bove the apse Christ is representedby the Lamb, reposing on the throne with the book of the seven ^ Cf. De Rossi, op. cit. tav. xxvi; Garrucci, op. cit. IV, tav. 285.2 CI De Rossi, op. cit. tav. xv; Garrucci, op. cit. IV, tav. 253. 262 WILLIAM WARNER BISHOP seals. The throne stands between seven… … Figure 4. — Centee of Apse Mosaic, Church of SS. Cosma e Damiano, Rome. In the lower zone were originally the four and twenty eldersholding out their crowns, but of these some of the hands withthe crowns alone remain. Fortunately the apse has suffered less. At the sumniit is thehand of God…
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