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 57
Fig. 4.—Arcosoliuin. up of masonry, and closed by a heavy slab of marble lyinghorizontally on the top. The niche over tombs of this kindwas of the same length as the grave, and generally vaultedin a semi-circular form, whence they were called arcosolia! … Fig. 5. — Sepolcro a meiisa or Table-tomb. Sometimes, however, the niche retained the rectangular form,in which case there was no special name for it, but for dis-tinctions sake we may be allowed to call it a table-tomb.t * Solium was used to denote the urn of marble or terra cotta, in whichthe…
Cimitero di Callisto (Rome, Italy) · Catacombs · Inscriptions
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