Jackson, Frederick Hamilton, 1848-1923 · New York :bE.P. Dutton · leaf 417
TOMB OF GALLA PLACIDIA 271 flames, probably heretical, a cabinet adjacent contains the gospels. This subj ect is also described as the martyr- dom of S. Laurence. In the four arches of the recesses below the cupola are eight apostles or prophets in couples, with doves drinking from a vase between… … TOMB OF GALLA PLACIDIA, RAVENNA four other apostles are under the vaulting of the right and left transepts, between them are stags at a fountain amid arabesques, which also occur in the cupola and else- where. The sarcophagus of Galla Placidia is opposite the door. It was once covered with silver…
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