The Christian catacombs of Rome
Subtitle: history, decoration, inscriptions
By: Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai, Fabrizio Bisconti, Danilo Mazzoleni ; [English translation by Cristina Carlo Stella and Lori-Ann Touchette]
Contributors: Bisconti, Fabrizio; Mazzoleni, Danilo
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Schnell & Steiner
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Regensburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9783795422127
Subjects: Catacombs; Early Christian Mural painting and decoration; Christian art and symbolism; Christian inscriptions; Early Christian Art; Antiquities; Church history
Work titles: Catacombe cristiane di Roma
Notes: Translation of: Le catacombe cristiane di Roma : origini, sviluppo, apparati decorativi, documentazione epigrafica (Regensburg [Germany] : Schnell & Steiner, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-207).
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Francesco Marchisano; title: The origin and development of Roman catacombs. The term `"catacomb" ; The history of scholarship ; The origin of the catacombs ; The development of underground cemeteries in the second half of the third century ; The development of catacombs during the reign of Constantine and the Pontificates of Julius (337-352) and Liberius (352-366) ; The Pontificate of Damasus and the cult of the saints ; Latest use and subsequent abandonment of the catacombs / Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai; title: The decoration of Roman catacombs. The atmosphere ; The contexts ; The themes ; The history of scholarship / Fabrizio Bisconti; title: Inscriptions in Roman catacombs. Christian inscriptions in the catacombs ; The origins of Christian epigraphy. The evolution of formulae ; Christian names ; Christian society and funerary inscriptions ; The clergy ; The transformation of language ; Affection and sentiments ; Faith and religious piety ; The cult of the martyrs in funerary inscriptions / Danilo Mazzoleni.