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Roma subterranea novissima : in qua antiqua christianorum et praecipue martyrum, coemeteria, tituli, monimenta, epitaphia, inscriptiones, ac nobiliora sanctorum sepulchra, tribus libris distincta, fideli enarratione pariter ac graphicis iconibus, ceu gemina face illustrantur : plurimaeque inde res ecclesiasticae declarantur

Aringhi, Paolo, 1600-1676, Bosio, Antonio, 1575-1629. Roma sotteranea · 1671 · Arnhemiae : Apud Joan. Fridericum Hagium · 94 pictures

Roma subterranea novissima is a 1671 Latin work on Roman catacombs and early Christian martyrs, compiled by Paolo Aringhi and drawing on Antonio Bosio, printed at Arnhem for a scholarly readership. Its pictures are narrow woodcut-style plates of sarcophagus carvings, painted tomb scenes and ornamental frames, with inscribed scrolls and fine line diagrams that suggest stone relief panels, banded borders and label scrolls for a designer.

Catacombs · Christian antiquities

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