Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 70
the great stone sarcophagi in groups of ten and twelve.In the Northern countries the open air cemeteries greatly pre-dominated,— in France, in the Rhine country, in Dalniatia,and in [stria. II. would be going too far afield to describe thevarious Tonus which the Christian tomb exhibits in… … Fig. 8. — Sarcophagus in the catacomb of Priscilla. Second century. On the other hand, catacombs are not confined to Pome andItaly; they are found in the Rhine country, e.g. at Cologneand in other lands. Subterranean burial was probablyregarded as the most specifically Christian mode of interment.…
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