Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... saints which slept arose " ( Matthew 27:52 ) . An exquisite ivory panel , carved at Rheims and later set into the Emperor Henry II's Book of Pericopes , shows the cracked sarcophagi yielding up the bodies of the saints . White and ...
... saints which slept arose " ( Matthew 27:52 ) . An exquisite ivory panel , carved at Rheims and later set into the Emperor Henry II's Book of Pericopes , shows the cracked sarcophagi yielding up the bodies of the saints . White and ...
Page 122
... saints ' shoulders to lead them into the presence of the Redeemer . Paschal I ( 817-24 ) resumed the image in S. Prassede , where the conch mosaic depicts the saints placing an avuncu- lar arm around Saints Prassede and Pudenziana , as ...
... saints ' shoulders to lead them into the presence of the Redeemer . Paschal I ( 817-24 ) resumed the image in S. Prassede , where the conch mosaic depicts the saints placing an avuncu- lar arm around Saints Prassede and Pudenziana , as ...
Page 122
... saints ' shoulders to lead them into the presence of the Redeemer . Paschal I ( 817-24 ) resumed the image in S. Prassede , where the conch mosaic depicts the saints placing an avuncu- lar arm around Saints Prassede and Pudenziana , as ...
... saints ' shoulders to lead them into the presence of the Redeemer . Paschal I ( 817-24 ) resumed the image in S. Prassede , where the conch mosaic depicts the saints placing an avuncu- lar arm around Saints Prassede and Pudenziana , as ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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