Roma Sotterranea; or, Some account of the Roman catacombs especially of the cemetery of San Callisto, compiled from the works of Commendatore de Rossi with the consent of the author (1869)
Northcote, J. Spencer (James Spencer), 1821-1907, Brownlow, W.-R. (William-R.), 1830-1901, Rossi, Giovanni Battista de, 1822-1894 · London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer · leaf 184
iful high-altar which now stands over the saints tomb, and beneath ithe placed a statue by Maderna, who had frequently seen thebody, as the inscription intimates. EN TIBI SANCTISSIM^ VIRGINIS C^CILI^ IMAGINEM QUAMIPSE INTEGRAM IN SEPULCHRO JACENTEM VIDI, EAMDEM TIBIPRORSUS EODEM CORPORIS SITU HOC… … Fig. 17.—Madejfias Statue of St Cecilia. An engraving also was published at the same time—a fewcopies of which may yet be found in foreign libraries, {e.g.^ atCarpentras, among the MSS. of Peiresc, a cotemporary)—withthe inscription, Hoc habitu inveiita est. It has no special bearing upon our…
Cimitero di Callisto (Rome, Italy) · Catacombs · Inscriptions
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