The church in the catacombs : a description of the primitive church of Rome : illustrated by its sepulchral remains . * De Solertia Animalium. The substitution of Deucalionfor Noah, in this passage, is so natural, that it might escape thenotice of a hasty reader. THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTIAN ART. 249 work of art, and the biblical narrative which itprofesses to illustrate; nor is it a sufficient answerto our surprise, to be informed that this is owingto the scarcity of the Old Testament writings;since the traditional knowledge of the preservationof Noahs family was too general to allow of sucha degr
The church in the catacombs : a description of the primitive church of Rome : illustrated by its sepulchral remains . * De Solertia Animalium. The substitution of Deucalionfor Noah, in this passage, is so natural, that it might escape thenotice of a hasty reader. THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTIAN ART. 249 work of art, and the biblical narrative which itprofesses to illustrate; nor is it a sufficient answerto our surprise, to be informed that this is owingto the scarcity of the Old Testament writings;since the traditional knowledge of the preservationof Noahs family was too general to allow of sucha degree of ignorance. If we look for explanationto other paintings or sarcophagi, we find nothingto help out the story; the same want of correct. information is every where observable : the ark isa mere box, provided with lid and lock; the familyof the Patriarch reduced to a single figure, and theanimals are altogether omitted. If we explore the
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