Sacred and Legendary Art, 1. köideHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 800 pages |
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Page xiv
... TWELVE APOSTLES ANCIENT TYPES : as Twelve Sheep ; as Twelve Doves ; as Twelve Men . - How grouped in Ecclesiastical Decora- tion . In the old Mosaics ; their proper place . - Ex- amples from various Painters . - Historical Subjects ...
... TWELVE APOSTLES ANCIENT TYPES : as Twelve Sheep ; as Twelve Doves ; as Twelve Men . - How grouped in Ecclesiastical Decora- tion . In the old Mosaics ; their proper place . - Ex- amples from various Painters . - Historical Subjects ...
Page xix
... Twelve Apostles as Sheep ( Mosaic ) 167 St. Philip ( Orcagna ) . Or San Michele , Florence 169 St. Peter ( Greek type ) . Eleventh century 180 St Peter as Pope ( Cola dell ' Amatrice ) St. Paul ( Greek type ) . Eleventh century St ...
... Twelve Apostles as Sheep ( Mosaic ) 167 St. Philip ( Orcagna ) . Or San Michele , Florence 169 St. Peter ( Greek type ) . Eleventh century 180 St Peter as Pope ( Cola dell ' Amatrice ) St. Paul ( Greek type ) . Eleventh century St ...
Page 166
... ; a pale violet or brown tunic and a white mantle , as in the old mosaics ; the rolls in their hands corresponding with the number of their writings . IV . THE TWELVE APOSTLES NEXT to those who recorded 166 THE FOUR EVANGELISTS.
... ; a pale violet or brown tunic and a white mantle , as in the old mosaics ; the rolls in their hands corresponding with the number of their writings . IV . THE TWELVE APOSTLES NEXT to those who recorded 166 THE FOUR EVANGELISTS.
Page 167
... disciples in general , not the Twelve Apostles . Upon the great crucifix in the apsis of San Clemente , at Rome , are twelve doves , which appear to signify the Twelve Apostles . The next step was to represent the Apostles as twelve.
... disciples in general , not the Twelve Apostles . Upon the great crucifix in the apsis of San Clemente , at Rome , are twelve doves , which appear to signify the Twelve Apostles . The next step was to represent the Apostles as twelve.
Page 168
... Apostles as twelve men all alike , each with a sheep , and Christ in the middle , also with a sheep , sometimes larger than the others . We find this on some of the sarcophagi . ( Bottari , Tab . xxviii . ) Again , a little later , we ...
... Apostles as twelve men all alike , each with a sheep , and Christ in the middle , also with a sheep , sometimes larger than the others . We find this on some of the sarcophagi . ( Bottari , Tab . xxviii . ) Again , a little later , we ...
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Page 246 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
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