...They are paintedin the cubiculi of the catacombs, engraved in gold leaf in theso-called vetri cemeteriali, cast in bronze, hammered in silveror copper, and designed in mosaic... 
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
...The safety of the catacombs was not due to the fact thattheir existence was known only to the proselytes of Christ...
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
... gives the following resultsfor the belt of catacombs within three miles of thegates of Servius:—...
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
...(B) Surface actually excavated into catacombs, from oneto four stories deep, 22,500,000 square feet,—more thana square mile...
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
...(C) Aggregate length of galleries, calculated on theaverage construction of six different catacombs, 866 kilometres,equal to 587 geographical miles...
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
...Still, the desire of securinga grave in proximity to the shrine of a martyr was sointense that the use of the catacombs lasted for a centurylonger, although in diminishing proportions...
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
...In eachof these two catacombs the following memorial tablet hasbeen seen or found...
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
...Valentine and the small hypogæum attached toit (discovered in 1887), not to catacombs in the true senseof the word...
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
...The catacombs owe theirsad fate to the riches which they contained...
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
...The other two specimensreproduced here are also fromthe catacombs...
Rodolfo Lanciani 「Pagan and Christian Rome」
...These crowded catacombs caused the place to be called "The Valleyof the Tombs of the Kings,"--a name which it retains to this day...
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero 「Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt」
...The smallestof these catacombs comes to an end at fifty-three feet from the entrance;that of Seti I...
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero 「Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt」
...The same devices to which the pyramidbuilders had recourse, in order to mislead the spoiler, were adopted by theengineers of the Theban catacombs...
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero 「Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt」
...The walls of those catacombs werecovered with sculptures and paintings...
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero 「Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt」
...We see the samething in the catacombs...
John W. Bradley 「Illuminated Manuscripts」
...Therock out of which this and all the Roman Catacombs were hewn seems asif created specially for the purpose...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...The Catacombs were specially excavated for Christian burial,—tombsbeneath the tombs of the Appian Way...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...The frescoes of the Catacombs arethe feeble beginnings of an artistic inspiration which culminated inthe "Last Supper" of Leonardo da Vinci, and the "Transfiguration" ofRaphael...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
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