Sarcophagus with Scenes from Scripture
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Musée Réattu, Arles, France
Figure from Erich Dinkler's "The Christian Realm: Abbreviated Representations," in Weitzmann.
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Lid, L to R: Slaughter of the Innocents, roundel, Hand of God staying Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac, Adam and Eve (see detail), the woman with the flow of blood (see detail), Moses receives the Law, roundel, unidentified man on throne
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Case, upper register, L to R: a miracle of St. Peter, a miracle of Christ (the paralytic and his cot?), shell with the decedents, the daughter of Jairus (see detail), Christ with St. Peter and a rooster
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Case, lower register, L to R: the Magi, Cana and the multiplication of the loaves and fishes (see detail), St. Peter's water miracle, soldiers and a man with a scroll.
Read more about Christ's miracles, St. Peter, Adoration of the Magi, Slaughter of the Innocents, Adam and Eve, and Cana.
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