Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 591
y through the stone. These galleries, most ofthem very short, crossing each other in such a way as to form an inextricablemaze of streets and crossways, had an arched roof supported by masonryhere and there. At intervals there were chambers, or cubicula (Fig. 365),hollowed out by the Christians to… … Fig. 365.—Crypt of the Chapel of St. Agnes, in the Catacombs at Rome, set apart for the intermentof Christians.—From M. Perrets work, Les Catacombes de Rome. But little fresh air could penetrate into these galleries by the openings whichhad been made here and there, and also through old shafts…
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