Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 105
ke fco those who dis-turbed the bodies of the martyrs in their zeal to be buried nearthem. Damasus was in fad buried in a Little basilica connectedwith ili< cemetery of Domitilla, in which be prepared also thetombs of his mother and sister. For himself and for them hecomposed inscriptions. This… … Fig. 24. ■Decoration of the crypt of S. .Tanuarius, catacomb of Pnetextatus.century. Third text of which was known. This piece was again lost, and hasbeen rediscovered in the course of the excavation of the Forum.It awakens surprise that it is not inscribed in the customaryDamasian letters; but…
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