medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> 3) Caius, pope (d. 296). ....Under the presbytery of today's much rebuilt
Santa Susanna one may see remains of the paleochristian church. A sarcophagus
discovered there has been found to contain fragments of painted plaster, one
of which is shown here:
> http://tinyurl.com/23y7uy
wow.
the stunningly high quality of this work in such a fragile medium serves to
remind --as if any reminding were necessary-- one of the truely VAST quantity
of Significant Artifacts which we have lost.
in Style (as well as more incidental Costume) clearly invoking, of course
http://www.classicalmosaics.com/images/theod.jpg
http://www.classicalmosaics.com/images/DSCN2528.JPG
itself something of a "chance" survival.
c
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