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 58
it contained a single body ; or bisoniuni^ trisomum^ or quadriso- 7num, if it contained two, three, or four. The graves were dug by fossores, and burial in them was called depositio. The galleries do not seem to have had any specific name ; but the chambers were called ciibicula. In most of these… … FiG. 4. — Arcosoliiun. up of masonry, and closed by a heavy slab of marble lying horizontally on the top. The niche over tombs of this kind was of the same length as the grave, and generally vaulted in a semi-circular form, whence they were called arcosolia."' - ---^ Fig. 5.— Sepolcro a mensa or…
Catacombs · Christian art and symbolism
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