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[4] The superhuman Christ of the Byzantine apsides, seated as judge of the world, in the midst of the apostles in the same rank with him, and superior to the angels who only assist and serve, is the exact representation of that conception of the "Son of man," of which we find the first features so strongly indicated in the book of Daniel Footnote 1: ix.

—The Life of Jesus

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[4] The superhuman Christ of the Byzantine apsides, seated as judge of the world, in the midst of the apostles in the same rank with him, and superior to the angels who only assist and serve, is the exact representation of that conception of the “Son of man,” of which we find the first features so strongly indicated in the book of Daniel Footnote 1: ix. — The Life of Jesus
The three apsides on the eastern facade reach the cornice underneath the roof. — Refinance 2nd Mortgage
[4] The superhuman Christ of the Byzantine apsides, seated as judge of the world, in the midst of the apostles in the same rank with him, and superior to the angels who only assist and serve, is the exact representation of that conception of the "Son of man," of which we find the first features so strongly indicated in the book of Daniel Footnote 1: ix. — The Life of Jesus
From the north and south faces of both rooms are semi-circular apsides, projecting 6 feet 6 inches, containing the — The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856
Any persons whom it could please could have no better notion of what the words referred to signify than of the meaning of apsides and asymptotes. — Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works