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 56
on our minds the essentialdifference between them. At first, the work of making the Catacombs was done openly,without let or hindrance, by the Christians; the entrances to General Description. 29 them were public on the high-road or on the hill-side, and thegalleries and chambers were freely… … Fig. 3.—Part of Catacomb of St Agnes. in the recesses of deserted arenaiice^ and even the liberty ofChristian art was cramped and fettered, lest what was holyshould fall under the profane gaze of the unbaptized. Each of these burial-places was called in ancient times eitherhypogcBiwi, i.e.,…
Cimitero di Callisto (Rome, Italy) · Catacombs · Inscriptions
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