Roman church mosaics of the first nine centuries (1906)
Bishop, William Warner. [from old catalog] · [Norwood?] Mass · leaf 32
Four sheep stand below. Itwould be hard to imagine a greater contrast than that between 1 Cf. De Rossi, op. cit. tav. ii-iv; Garrucci, op. cit. IV, tav. 205-207. ROMAN CHURCH MOSAICS 273 these mosaics and those on the vaulting of the round aisle orcolonnade. This round church was originally erected… … Figure 9.—Mosaic in the Church of S. Costanza, Rome. which originally covered its dome and other parts only thescenes on the vault over the aisle between the inner circle ofcolumns and the outer wall have been preserved. There aresketches of the lost portions which enable us to form some ideaof the…
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