Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate CXXIV · Sarcophagi

Vol. X (1953) · full-page plate
Above: SARCOPHAGUS KNOWN AS OF ST. ENCRAZIA (4th cent.): the Canaanite woman, deceased between two saints, deceased orant between two saints welcomed by the divine hand, the healing of the man born blind, the miracle of Cana; the inscriptions are late and bizarre - Zaragoza, church of S. Eulalia, crypt. Below: SARCOPHAGUS so-called dogmatic with two registers and «imago clipeata» with the unfinished busts of two spouses (mid ca. 4th cent.): I register: creation of Adam and Eve, assignment of work to Adam and Eve, miracle of Cana, multiplication of the loaves, resurrection of Lazarus; II register: adoration of the Magi, healing of the man born blind, Daniel in the lions' den, prediction of Peter's denial, capture of Peter, Peter-Moses striking the rock - Rome, Museo Lateranense.
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Plate CXXIV
(da Wilpert, Sarcofagi, tav. 96)
Above: SARCOPHAGUS KNOWN AS OF ST. ENCRAZIA (4th cent.): the Canaanite woman, deceased between two saints, deceased orant between two saints welcomed by the divine hand, the healing of the man born blind, the miracle of Cana; the inscriptions are late and bizarre - Zaragoza, church of S. Eulalia, crypt. Below: SARCOPHAGUS so-called dogmatic with two registers and «imago clipeata» with the unfinished busts of two spouses (mid ca. 4th cent.): I register: creation of Adam and Eve, assignment of work to Adam and Eve, miracle of Cana, multiplication of the loaves, resurrection of Lazarus; II register: adoration of the Magi, healing of the man born blind, Daniel in the lions' den, prediction of Peter's denial, capture of Peter, Peter-Moses striking the rock - Rome, Museo Lateranense.

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