Photographic Facsimiles of the Remains of the Epistles of Clement of Rome. Made from the Unique Copy Preserved in the Codex Alexandrinus. Artist: Roger Fenton (British, 1819-1869). Author: Frederic Madden (British, 1801-1873). Dimensions: Images: 34.3 x 29.8 cm (13 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.). Date: 1856.In 1853 Fenton was hired as the first official "Photographer to the British Museum." Eager, in his own words, "to be connected with so useful an application of the photographic art," he made thousands of photographs that helped the museum catalogue, classify, and publicize its growing collection. This album is a facsimile of the Clementine Epistles, a letter and a sermon dating from the first and second centuries, ascribed to Saint Clement, the fourth Pope and an early Bishop of Rome. The Epistles are among the oldest extant Christian documents aside from the New Testament itself. An appealing aspect of this album is the visual conundrum that arises from the conflation of what is depicted and

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Photographic Facsimiles of the Remains of the Epistles of Clement of Rome. Made from the Unique Copy Preserved in the Codex Alexandrinus. Artist: Roger Fenton (British, 1819-1869). Author: Frederic Madden (British, 1801-1873). Dimensions: Images: 34.3 x 29.8 cm (13 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.). Date: 1856.In 1853 Fenton was hired as the first official "Photographer to the British Museum." Eager, in his own words, "to be connected with so useful an application of the photographic art," he made thousands of photographs that helped the museum catalogue, classify, and publicize its growing collection. This album is a facsimile of the Clementine Epistles, a letter and a sermon dating from the first and second centuries, ascribed to Saint Clement, the fourth Pope and an early Bishop of Rome. The Epistles are among the oldest extant Christian documents aside from the New Testament itself. An appealing aspect of this album is the visual conundrum that arises from the conflation of what is depicted and

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