. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . 3a. THE Klw YORK^TTBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LrNOXTILCEN- FOUNDATIONS ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE the second century, the skill displayed isquite remarkable. When the conversion of the EmperorConstantine made Christianity a lawful reli-gion, there was no longer the same necessityto bury the dead, or to worship secretly, inthe catacombs. Churches began to be builtin great numbers, and stone sarcophagi wereproduced as memorials of the departed. Thesesarcophagi are to be met with not only atRome, but even in distant Gaul, Spa
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . 3a. THE Klw YORK^TTBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LrNOXTILCEN- FOUNDATIONS ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE the second century, the skill displayed isquite remarkable. When the conversion of the EmperorConstantine made Christianity a lawful reli-gion, there was no longer the same necessityto bury the dead, or to worship secretly, inthe catacombs. Churches began to be builtin great numbers, and stone sarcophagi wereproduced as memorials of the departed. Thesesarcophagi are to be met with not only atRome, but even in distant Gaul, Spain, andNorth Africa. To these numerous churchesand sarcophagi the artistic influences of thecatacombs were transferred. Dr. Westcott in his essay on the Relationof Christianity to A rt, describes early Christianart as conventional, symbohc, and reserved :conventional in subject and treatment, sym-bolic because it represents things not forthemselves but for the ideas they conveyed,and reserved because among other things itshrank from depicting the human featuresof Our Lord. Thi
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