The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 40
gn of the special litur-gical ceremonies connected with baptism. It is also said thattraces of the central baptismal font have been found. At thesame time the niches in the outer wall were evidently intendedfor funerary purposes, and the porphyry tomb now near that ofHelena in the Vatican was found… … 30 HISTORICAL SKETCH to be supported by single shafts, so the twelve arcades rest ontwenty-four coupled shafts, whose capitals are surmounted byan architectural member which is equivalent to an interruptedfrieze from which the arches spring. The whole arrangementis unique, a summary of Roman…
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