Lord Lister.

  • Halliburton, W. D. (William Dobinson), 1860-1931.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Lord Lister. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lectures on Christian Art. But Lister with his quiet and indomitable persistence and perse- verance overcame all opposition, and saw his work completed long before he died, full of years and honours, after a strenuous, but withal a serene, full and satisfying life. It is not the rare and happy lot of all great discoverers to see the fruition of their labours within their lifetime. The great congregation within the Abbey, who on Friday, February 16th, assembled to do honour to his memory, included representatives of all countries, and of all that is best in our own land. Statesmen, Uni- versity professors, surgeons, physicians and nurses, representatives of theology, literature, art, and science, all joined with the members of Lord Lister’s family, and doubtless with many who had felt the touch of the healer, in paying one last tribute of respect to the departed. Those of us who had known him personally, as we listened to the words of the anthem set to the stately music of Handel, could not have chosen a better description of his lovable and enduring characteristics: “When the ear heard him, then it blessed him ; and when the eye saw him, it gave witness of him. He delivered the poor that cried ; the fatherless and him that had none to help him. Kindness, meekness and comfort were in his tongue. If there was any virtue, and if there was any praise, he thought on those things. His body is buried in peace, but his name liveth evermore.” W. D. H. LECTURES ON CHRISTIAN ART. The course of Lectures on Christian Art arranged for by the Faculty of Theology, and which was delivered during the Michaelmas and Lent terms of the current session, dealt with a period of the greatest interest, not only to the students of this Faculty but to a far wider circle, appealing to all those to whom the form and fabric, together with the decorations and fittings, of our ecclesiastical buildings are matters of interest and research. It is not possible to give any detailed account of each lecture, but it will be our endeavour to give a brief resume of the general scope of the course as a whole. The period dealt with was mainly that of the early days of Christian Art following the peace of the Church, though reference was made to both earlier and later work. At this period the special types of buildings that were employed for Christian worship were developed and the influences exerted by earlier buildings and the modifi- cations introduced to adapt them for their special purpose was pointed out, and in particular the effect of intercourse with Alexandria, the importance of which as a centre of Christian Art is being increasingly recognised. So also the influence of countries lying east of the Mediter- ranean was emphasised both by Prof. Strzygowski and Miss Gertrude Bell, whose lecture dealt mainly with the buildings of Western Mesopo- tamia, which she had personally explored, and in which she traced the influence of still earlier buildings belonging to the ancient Hittite kingdom. The early Christian basilicas and the circular or polygonal bap- tisteries, as erected in Rome and in Italy generally, were illustrated by Prof. Elsey Smith, and the type of church constructed in the Eastern Empire, with a central domed area, square or polygonal in form, and