Studies in East Christian and Roman Art (Classic Reprint)

PREFACE
h the preparation (If tIll' Studies prl'sented in the foll()ying
pages I ha'C been indebted to many for kind assistanCl'. First ()f
all, I am under deep obligation to :I r. Charles L. Fren for affording
eyery facility in the usc of the materi:11 in his collection :1l1d fur
his generous support of the publication. :1. Ch:1r1es I )il'hl. of the
Sorbonne, read the Studies in proof :1nt! mack 'al u:1ble suggestions.
Dr. E. C. Richardson of Princeton Lniersity. and Prufessor
H. J. Sanders of the U nivcrsity of Michigan, assisted in the sol'ing
of palaeographical difficulties. The extent of my obligation to
StrzygoVski, Brockhaus, Dalton, and other masters in the held uf
East Christian art may Ix: inferred from the l1umlwr of citations of
their contributions in the notes :1ncl in the list of illustrations.
The colored plates and heliotype plates in this 'olul11e \'Cre
made by The Ileliotypc Company, of B()ston; the negati'e" for
plat

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; '1''''1> II:IYITRES FR()~1 ":-,T,;,'RII'T Ill' ST 11>11: ('1I~L't:,;, :1> TIIEI/{; IZUATII):" '1'" I: 11~1' I'I':()I;J{ I'IIY; Tilt' iiltlstrat~d mantlscripts ()f th~ I:lilna:-Portrait; ()f St lohn ('limaclIs; 1 iniat tlrt: ()f the 'ka Yt:n h' Ladder; FI'I'I:r,;:; TIll' mantlscript c()ntaining the Iiniattlrt's; "Ilrtraits of Mark :ll1d John,; Thl' 'kscl'nt from thl' Cross; The iJcsl'l'nt into 'kll,; Thl' i louilting (Jf Thomas; Christ and the (101' WOIlll'n; :'II adonna and Saints; John the Baptist and tht: 'irgin ('); (lalL' and 'aillt: uf the "Iiniattlr~s; 1 I; I -I; , I; "; SI); ,:;1); Cm'l'rs and Painting (''I; '(Jrtraits "f the F'angelists (d