Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 53
ETERIES equally apt to denote a surface burying place or one beneaththe ground. There was no special designation for the wholecomplex <>l the underground cemetery ; particular areas, espe-cially the chambers which included the tomb of a martyr, werecalled cryptce; ordinary chambers, rnhirnhi;… … Fig. 1. — Plan of part of the catacomb of Domitilla. It is these narrow corridors or galleries, extending often togreat length and crossing at every angle, which are the charac-teristic feature of the Roman catacombs, and give the impres-sion not only of boundless extent, but of hopeless…
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