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 334
d multiplies theloaves and fishes. In the centre, however, is a group whichhas somewhat puzzled the learned. Bosio makes the old manunder the tree to be Moses giving the law to the people, andthe head which appears between the branches of the tree to bethat of Zaccheus climbing up in order to see… … Fig. 36.—Sarcophagus in Latcraii MuseH)tt of/onrtk orfiftJi ceninry. divided into five compartments by twisted Corinthian pillars,the pediments above which are decorated with scenes fromthe vintage. In the central compartment is the labaniuhsurrounded with a crown of immortality, and supported on a…
Cimitero di Callisto (Rome, Italy) · Catacombs · Inscriptions
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