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 351
lheight, but when the brick-work is cleared away its breadth is 324 Roma Sotterranea. on an average two or three times that of an ordinary Cata-comb ; the section of the walls and roof forms a tolerablyregular semi-ellipse. At the crossing of the galleries the spanof the arch becomes greater, and… … which showthe difficulty ofconverting anarenaria intoa Catacomb. How thetheory of theirPagan origincame to beaccepted. Fig. 41.—Section of Gallery supported by Brickwojk. is sufficient to show the alterations necessary in order toconvert an arenaria into a Christian cemetery; whereas ifthe theory…
Cimitero di Callisto (Rome, Italy) · Catacombs · Inscriptions
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