Monuments of the early church . Fig. 1-21. — Section of mosaic pave-ment in the cathedral of centurv. 206 PICTORIAL ART the work adorns the wall space just above the colonnade. Itwas more conmionly employed for the lower walls of the aislesand of the aps(\ AVe may mention in this connection mosaic inscriptions, sincethey do not belong to pictorial art. Figure 123 illustrates the .>^NT~- :Z3. dedicatory inscription — a metrical tituhis — of S. Sabina. Itis especially interesting on account of the two female figures,under which one reads, EOLESIA EX CIRCVMCISIONE,and ECLESIA EX
Monuments of the early church . Fig. 1-21. — Section of mosaic pave-ment in the cathedral of centurv. 206 PICTORIAL ART the work adorns the wall space just above the colonnade. Itwas more conmionly employed for the lower walls of the aislesand of the aps(\ AVe may mention in this connection mosaic inscriptions, sincethey do not belong to pictorial art. Figure 123 illustrates the .>^NT~- :Z3. dedicatory inscription — a metrical tituhis — of S. Sabina. Itis especially interesting on account of the two female figures,under which one reads, EOLESIA EX CIRCVMCISIONE,and ECLESIA EX GENTIBUS. Over these personifications
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