Monuments of the early church . Fig. 178. — Some details of a scarf (stole ?) of the seventh century. Linen with silkembroidery and patches of silk applique. The raising of Lazarus, the Crucifixion, MaryMagdalene at the sepulchre. the Mass itself, is not due (as is lightly asserted) to the prac-tical genius of Eome, which had fallen completely under thesway of Oriental custom, but to the Northern peoples, particu-larly the Franks, to whom is due the character of Mediccvalcivilization, and from whom Kome herself had finally to bor-row the very text of her liturgy. The Charta Cornutiana above me
Monuments of the early church . Fig. 178. — Some details of a scarf (stole ?) of the seventh century. Linen with silkembroidery and patches of silk applique. The raising of Lazarus, the Crucifixion, MaryMagdalene at the sepulchre. the Mass itself, is not due (as is lightly asserted) to the prac-tical genius of Eome, which had fallen completely under thesway of Oriental custom, but to the Northern peoples, particu-larly the Franks, to whom is due the character of Mediccvalcivilization, and from whom Kome herself had finally to bor-row the very text of her liturgy. The Charta Cornutiana above mentioned is a document ofvery great interest to Christian archaeology.^ It is a deed ofgift drawn up in the year 471 in favor of a village church inthe neighborhood of Tivoli, near Eome. The donor, FlavinsValila, called Theodorius, bestows a piece of ground, silverutensils to the weight of about 541 Roman pounds, bronze 1 Printed by Duchesne in the introduction to the Liber Pontificalis. 380 MIXOB ABTS chandeliers, and three s
Size: 1844px × 1354px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectchristi, bookyear1901
