[570] See especially Figs. 47, 48, 63, 91, 92, 96, 97, and postea 106. [571] _Christian Art_, vol. i, p. 42. [572] Τὸν ἀειδῆ καὶ ἄτιμον φανέντα.--_Dial. cum Tryph._, 85. [573] Adeo nec humanæ honestatis corpus fuit, nedum coelestis claritatis.--_De Carn. Christi._, c. 9. [574] Sed species ejus inhonorata, deficiens ultra omnes homines.--_Contra Marc._, iii, 17. [575] Si inglorius, si ignobilis, si inhonorabilis; meus erit Christus.--_Ibid._ [576] Ἀλλὰ τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἄτιμον ἔκλιπον παρὰ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.--_De Nudatione Noe_, lib. ii, vol. i, p. 13. [577] Nisi enim habuisset et in vultu quiddam et in oculis sidereum, nunquam eum statim secuti fuissent apostoli.--_Epis. ad Princip. Virginem._ [578] Certe fulgor ipsa et majestas divinitatis occultæ, quæ etiam in humanâ facie relucebat, ex primo ad se venientes trahere poterat aspectu.--_Hieronym. in Matth._, ix, 9. [579] Qua fuerit ille facie nos penitus ignoramus: nam et ipsius Dominicæ facies carnis innumerabilium cogitationum diversitate variatur et fingitur, quæ tamen una erat, quæcunque erat.--_De Trin._, lib. vii, c. 4, 5. [580] _Tableau des Catacombes_, p. 164. [581] _Rom. Sott._, p. 252. [582] _Hist. Eccl._, vii, 18. From this frequent association St. Paul as well as St. Peter was frequently regarded as being both among the original disciples. “Justly do they deserve to err,” says Augustine, speaking of this mistake, “who seek Christ and his apostles, not in the holy volumes, but on painted walls.”--_De Consens. Evang._, lib. i, cx. [583] This statue, it has been suggested, probably represented the philosopher Apollonius or the Emperor Vespasian, and the suppliant female figure a personified city or province. Gibbon thinks it impossible that it could be intended for the _poor_ woman mentioned in the gospel. Eusebius mentions the belief as a mere popular tradition. “_They say_ that this statue bears the likeness of Jesus”--Τοῦτον δὲ τὸν ἀνδριάντα εἰκόνα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ φέρειν ἔλεγον.--_Hist. Eccl._, viii, 18. [584] Iren., _adv. Hæres._, i, 25. Aug., _De Hærisib._, c. viii. The Emperor Alex. Severus, we have seen, had one of these images of Christ in his _Lararium_, with those of Abraham and Orpheus.--Æl. Lamprid. _in Vit. Alex. Sev._, c. 29. [585] Conspectus vultus ejus cum severitate et plenus efficacia, ut spectatores amare eum possint et rursus timere.... In reprehendendo et objurgando formidabilis; in docendo et exhortando blandæ linguæ et amabilis. Gratia miranda vultus cum gravitate. Vel semel eum ridentem nemo vidit sed flentem imo.--Fabricius, _Codex. Apoc. Nov. Teste._, 1e., pars. 301. Père Mabillon tells us that one of Christ’s tears has been preserved and peculiarly honoured at Vendôme.