Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 105
rebuke to those who dis-turbed the bodies of the martyrs in their zeal to be buried nearthem. Damasus was in fact buried in a little basilica connectedwith the cemetery of Domitilla, in which he prepared also thetombs of his mother and sister. For himself and for them hecomposed inscriptions. This… … Fig. 24. — Decoration of the ciypt of S. Januarius, catacomb of Praetextatus. Third century. 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…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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