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emblems of royalty; his right hand is raised in blessing; his left holds the resurrection banner and a scroll. The marks of the nails are visible in his hands and feet here only; they are not to be seen, of course, in the previous vaulting, nor are they in the third or altar dome, where he sits enthroned triumphant as the Heavenly King.

Scroll:-EVNTES

INMVDU

UNIVES

VM.PRE

DICHAT“Euntes in mundum universum prædicate

EEVANevangelium omni creaturæ. Qui crediderit et

GELIVbaptizatu(s fuerit salvus erit).”

MOMIC“Go ye into all the world, and preach

REATUthe Gospel to every creature. He that believeth

REQIand is baptized shall be saved.”

CREDISt. Mark xvi. 15, 16.

DERI

TEBA

PTIS

ATU

Below, right round the dome, are the twelve Apostles, baptizing each in the country with which his ministry is actually or by tradition most associated. A list of them has been already given (ante, § 94), with their countries, except that of St. Bartholomew, which is there noted as “indecipherable.” It is, however, legible as India.

155. Each Apostle is the centre of a similar group, consisting of the Apostle himself, his convert, in the moment of baptism, and a third figure whose position is doubtful.¹ He may be awaiting baptism, already baptized, or merely an attendant: in the group of St. James the Less, he holds a towel; in that of St. Thomas, a cross; and in every case he wears the costume of the country where the baptism is taking place. Thus, to take the most striking instances, St. Philip’s Phrygian has the red Phrygian cap; St. Peter’s Roman is a Roman soldier; the Indians of St. Thomas and

¹ [The figure is that of the padrino, or sponsor.]

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