. The Open court . in the Biblioteca Barberiniana, which is the oldest representationextant of the last Judgment. Christ is enthroned with three apos-tles on either side. Below the throne are the multitudes hailing 32 THE OPEN COURT. hini as the people of that age might greet a new emperor on hisaccession to power, but the Christian character of this piece ofterra-cotta is assured by the christogram and the dotted cross en-graved on stones lying at the right side of the throne. In a niche on a sarcophagus in the Lateran we see representedan interesting scene which is called Christ crowned with
. The Open court . in the Biblioteca Barberiniana, which is the oldest representationextant of the last Judgment. Christ is enthroned with three apos-tles on either side. Below the throne are the multitudes hailing 32 THE OPEN COURT. hini as the people of that age might greet a new emperor on hisaccession to power, but the Christian character of this piece ofterra-cotta is assured by the christogram and the dotted cross en-graved on stones lying at the right side of the throne. In a niche on a sarcophagus in the Lateran we see representedan interesting scene which is called Christ crowned with figure of Christ is represented in the traditional style holding. THE LAST in tlie Biblioteca Barberiniana. a scroll in his left hand, but here as with the good shepherd wepossess the imitation of a pagan prototype. It resembles the sceneof a Roman prince being greeted by the people or by his army withthe title Imperator or Caesar in recognition of some triumph andcrowned with a wreath. The attitude of Christ is too peaceful andlordly to be regarded as suffering an outrage, and the soldier whoholds the crown over his head is much too respectful to be considered THE PORTRAYAL OF CHRIST. 33 as doing an act of mockery. There is a similar scene on tlie tri-umphal colmnn of Trajan where the emperor stands in exactly thesame attitude while he is crowned by a Victory. The beautiful sarcophagus of Perugia also represents Christ as
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