Византия Curious лампой со звериными лапками тоже временем "Ampir" повязана.




Standing Lamp with a Cross on a Pricket Stand
Date: 5th century Geography: Made in possibly Syria
Culture: Byzantine



Standing Lamp with a Cross on a Pricket Stand
Date: 5th century Geography: Made in possibly Syria
Culture: Byzantine

Standing lamps decorated with crosses and supported on footed bases were common in the early Byzantine world. Bishop Theodoret of Cyrrhus in Syria (d. ca. 466) described Saint Symeon Stylites, who lived atop a column, as “this dazzling lamp, as if placed on a lampstand, has sent out rays in all directions likes the sun.”

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