File:Good shepherd 02b close.jpg
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English: The Good Shepherd, Callixitus Catacomb. The pail (of milk?) carried by the Shepherd has been seen symbolizing the Eucharist by some.[1]
Before this infobox was created, the following information was written: Close on Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Ceiling - S. Callisto catacomb. *Period: early Christian *Date: mid 3rd century A.D. *Materials: painting in catacomb :The original version was losslessly cropped from [1] archive copy at the Wayback Machine :The current version was modified for better visualization. :(Obs: This is NOT the image being disputed at en:Talk:Early Christianity/Archive 2#Source of the Good Shepherd image. It is only displayed there as a suggested replacement for the (now deleted) disputed image.) Note, 20 March 2025: This image is listed above as being part of Crypt of Lucina, Rome in the book Die Malereien der Katakomben Roms (Tafeln) — published in Freiburg i.Br., 1903. Wilpert, Joseph [Editor]. The Crypt of Lucina ispart of Catacomb of Callixtus. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/wilpert1903/0068/image,info,text_ocr |
| Date | 250-300 A.D. |
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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1339#0068 Original painted in Crypt of Lucina, Rome in the book Die Malereien der Katakomben Roms (Tafeln) — published in Freiburg i.Br., 1903. Wilpert, Joseph [Editor]. The Crypt of Lucina ispart of Catacomb of Callixtus. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/wilpert1903/0068/image,info,text_ocr |
| Author | unknown artist, Rome, 3rd century A.D. |
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- ↑ Lowrie, Walter (1906) Monuments of the early church, The Macmillan Company, pp. 220−221 "another trait of symbolism which was associated with the Good Shepherd in its earliest representations. I refer to the milk with which the shepherd nourishes his sheep. This was represented by the jug or pail which he carries sometimes at his side...the Acts of S. Perpetua, which was written in the early years of the third century...describes a vision of the saint in these words: "I mounted and beheld a garden of vast extent, and in the midst of this garden a man seated, having white hair and the dress of a shepherd, milking sheep : and standing round about him thousands of men clothed in white. And he raised his head and looked at me, and said to me: Thou art welcome, my daughter. And he called me and he gave me some of the warm milk which he had just drawn, and I received it with folded hands and I ate it : and all about me said, Amen. And at the sound of the voice I awaked, with an indescribable taste of sweet in my mouth." From this it is evident that the jug of milk carried by the Good Shepherd is a mystic symbol of the Eucharist."
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