File:Good shepherd 02b close.jpg

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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] 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.)

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File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current03:39, 13 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 03:39, 13 January 2006255×361 (60 KB)Leinad-Z (rotated and sharpened version)
16:14, 12 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:14, 12 January 2006272×384 (24 KB)Leinad-Z (Colse on Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Ceiling - S. Callisto catacomb.)