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Roma sotterranea : or some account of the Roman catacombs, especially of the cemetery of San Callisto (1869)

Northcote, J. Spencer (James Spencer), 1821-1907, Brownlow, W. R · London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer · leaf 112

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n additional instance of the trustworthiness of the ancient documents whose guidance we have been following. We have seen how, in six several instances, an examination of the actual condition of a Catacomb most singularly confirms what the language of these old authorities taught us. There yet… … Fig. XL — Tombstone from the -very ancient Cryj>t of St Lucijta, now united 'with the Catacomb of St Callixtus.

Catacombs · Christian art and symbolism

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