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Glass Eucharistic Paten (Christ with two Apostles)
Unknown Artist
early 4th century
Castulo (Hispania Baetica. Hispania) Roman Empire
near Linares (Jaén Province. Autonomous Community of Andalucía) SPAIN
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The BBC made much of the fact that this artefact portrayed a beardless Christ. That’s a fairly common artistic convention in the late Western Roman Empire… ergo, why the surprise? It’s yet another proof that the Beeb has fallen… sad, isn’t it?
Art in Faith 
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