Vetera Monimenta: In quibus praecipuè Musiva Opera Sacrarum, Profanarumque Aedium Structura, Ac nonnulli antiqui Ritus Dißertationibus, Iconibusque illustrantur
Vetera Monimenta is a 1699 archaeological folio by Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, published in Rome, documenting early Christian mosaics, church architecture and ancient rites for scholars of antiquity. Its engraved plates show mosaic apse programmes, rows of robed figures and sketched building plans, drawn with crisp outline and little shading, offering a designer clear models for classical frieze layouts, arched compositions and symmetrical panel grids.
