. The Archaeological journal. the skies : my Paper in the ArchceoloqicalJournal Vol. XXVHI, p. 37, 1871. Eckhel, Doct , Vol. VIII, p. 92 sq., describes the device; he alsoquotes Eusebius, Vita Consfavfini, Lib. IV. c. 72 ; andthe orator Eumenius, Panegyricus Constantini, Cap. 7{speaking of Constantius, father of Constantine), recept-usque est consessu coelitum Jove ipso dexteram porri-geiite. Compare Traduction des Discours dEumene, parM. LAbbe Landriot et M. LAbbe Eochet, Text p. 133,note p. 264 ; and Cohen, JMedailles Imj)trlales, Vol. VI, A better example is gi-ven by in mediteval t
. The Archaeological journal. the skies : my Paper in the ArchceoloqicalJournal Vol. XXVHI, p. 37, 1871. Eckhel, Doct , Vol. VIII, p. 92 sq., describes the device; he alsoquotes Eusebius, Vita Consfavfini, Lib. IV. c. 72 ; andthe orator Eumenius, Panegyricus Constantini, Cap. 7{speaking of Constantius, father of Constantine), recept-usque est consessu coelitum Jove ipso dexteram porri-geiite. Compare Traduction des Discours dEumene, parM. LAbbe Landriot et M. LAbbe Eochet, Text p. 133,note p. 264 ; and Cohen, JMedailles Imj)trlales, Vol. VI, A better example is gi-ven by in mediteval theology the sevenfold Trench, ibid. p. 155, XXX, De Spiritu grace of the Holy Spirit (Isaiah xxx, 20, Saacto. The light of the sun shall be seven- Tu septiformis gratiaj fold ) brought, as here, into connection Dans bcptifornie donum, with the seven beatitudes (the virtus- Virtutis septifaria?, septifana), and with the seven petitions Septem pctitionum. of the Lords Prayer. note on tv. 9-12. We find continually j. !!BP. TIU-: ANTIQUITIKS OF ARLKS. 4< p. 172, No. 568.^ On the left of the central group we seeAbraham sacrificing Isaac, who kneels before an altar ;behind it on a rock the cloven hoofs of a ram substitutedfor him are visible. Two men accompany the patriarch ;hence the artist has varied from the Scriptural narrative— Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here withthe ass ; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship,and come again to you. The next subject is the mira-culous multiplication of the loaves and fishes ; the humanfigures want their heads, but the lower part of them aswell as the baskets and a vase are well preserved. Atthe end, a person, Moses or perhaps Ezra (Esdras), seatedlietween two Jews under a tree, is reading the law orScriptures to the people. And Ezra the priest broughtthe law before the con;regation both of men and he read therein before the street that wasbefore the water gate from the morning until , vi
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