Plate XC · Church
Vol. III (1949) · full-page plate
(da Wilpert, Sarcofagi, I (testo), p. 107, fig. 52)
(da Wilpert, Sarcofagi, I (tavole), tav. 141, s. 3)
(da J. Ciampini, Vetera Monimenta, Roma 1690, tav. 48)
Above left: CHRIST AS HELMSMAN OF THE MYSTICAL BARQUE OF THE CHURCH WITH THE EVANGELISTS AS ROWERS. Fragment of a sarcophagus from Spoleto (4th cent.) kept in the Lateran Museum. Above right: ST. PETER IN THE BOAT IN THE ACT OF HAULING THE NET FULL OF FISH, HAVING BECOME THE MYSTICAL FISHER OF MEN (Mt. 4:19). Fragment of a sarcophagus (4th cent.) in S. Sebastiano - Rome. Below: PRIMITIVE APPEARANCE OF THE MOSAIC DECORATION of the inner wall of S. Sabina, above the central door, still visible in the 17th cent. Above the Ecclesia ex circumcisione and the Ecclesia ex gentibus stood St. Peter and St. Paul. Above were the symbols of the Evangelists, in the white space were five windows now reopened.