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Page 51
... figure , were often em- ployed . The palm branch is scratched upon the plaster with a sharp instrument . The number of graves contained in the Catacombs is very great . In order to form a general estimate of them , we must remember that ...
... figure , were often em- ployed . The palm branch is scratched upon the plaster with a sharp instrument . The number of graves contained in the Catacombs is very great . In order to form a general estimate of them , we must remember that ...
Page 65
... figure pierced with arrows , the closing eyes already fixed on heavenly glories , and the face lighted up with unearthly smiles , or darkening with the shadow of death , a Guido and a Caracci found a subject favorable to the display of ...
... figure pierced with arrows , the closing eyes already fixed on heavenly glories , and the face lighted up with unearthly smiles , or darkening with the shadow of death , a Guido and a Caracci found a subject favorable to the display of ...
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... figure . After 1000 , the number of hundreds naturally follows : and the sign used most nearly corresponds to the , a variety of G , the abbreviation for 400. From this to the transition is easy , and the identity of the two is the more ...
... figure . After 1000 , the number of hundreds naturally follows : and the sign used most nearly corresponds to the , a variety of G , the abbreviation for 400. From this to the transition is easy , and the identity of the two is the more ...
Page 74
... , the word ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓ " Synagogue ; " together with a lamp ( of which a copy is annexed ) , having upon it a figure of the golden candlestick brought from Jerusalem by Titus . to 188 Munter has found two other figures of the 74 THE CATACOMBS.
... , the word ΣΥΝΑΓΩΓ " Synagogue ; " together with a lamp ( of which a copy is annexed ) , having upon it a figure of the golden candlestick brought from Jerusalem by Titus . to 188 Munter has found two other figures of the 74 THE CATACOMBS.
Page 75
... figures of the same candlestick ; and Bosio says that they were commonly em- ployed by the Jews , and occasionally by Chris- tians : he quotes the observation of Jose- phus , that the figure re- presented heaven , the seven lamps ...
... figures of the same candlestick ; and Bosio says that they were commonly em- ployed by the Jews , and occasionally by Chris- tians : he quotes the observation of Jose- phus , that the figure re- presented heaven , the seven lamps ...
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