The Earliest Representation of Christ in Britain?
Last autumn in a Dorset village archaeologists excavated an elaborate fourth-century Roman mosaic. Its central feature is a portrait bust upon the Chi-Rho Christian symbol
Speakers:
JOHN WHITE , blacksmith, on whose land the mosaic was found
PROFESSOR JOCELYN TOYNBEE , Of Cambridge University, expert in early Christian art
Introduced by JOHN IRVING
Broadcast on September 13 followed by an interlude