Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs — John Shaqi
Fabiola; Or, The Church of the CatacombsWiseman, Nicholas Patrick
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Fabiola; Or, The Church of the Catacombs
Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick
Christian fiction; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Fiction; Historical fiction
A PORTRAIT OF CHRIST, FROM THE CATACOMB OF ST. PONTIANUS 25
A PIECE OF A “GOLD GLASS” FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS 41
POMPEIAN COUCH 44
TABLE, AFTER A PAINTING IN HERCULANEUM 44
COUCH FROM HERCULANEUM 45
ELABORATE SEAT FROM HERCULANEUM 46
A SLAVE, FROM A PAINTING IN HERCULANEUM 48
A LAMP FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS 57
SAINT AGNES, FROM AN OLD VASE 60
SAINT AGNES, FROM AN OLD VASE PRESERVED IN THE VATICAN MUSEUM 61
BANQUET TABLE, FROM A POMPEIAN PAINTING 67
DAVID WITH HIS SLING, FROM THE CATACOMB OF ST. PETRONILLA 71
A DOVE, AS A SYMBOL OF THE SOUL, FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS 81
VOLUMINA, FROM A PAINTING OF POMPEII 84
SCRINIUM, FROM A PICTURE IN THE CEMETERY OF ST. CALLISTUS 84
OUR SAVIOUR, FROM A REPRESENTATION FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS 87
META SUDANS, AFTER A BRONZE OF VESPASIAN 91
THE ARCH OF TITUS 92
THE APPIAN WAY, AS IT WAS 102
EMBLEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF PARADISE, FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS 105
SAINT SEBASTIAN, FROM THE “ROMA SOTTERANEA” OF DE ROSSI 107
MILITARY TRIBUNES, AFTER A BAS-RELIEF ON TRAJAN’S COLUMN 108
THE ROMAN FORUM 114
A LAMB WITH A MILK CAN, FOUND IN THE CATACOMB OF SS. PETER
AND MARCELLIN 118
ST. IGNATIUS, BISHOP OF ANTIOCH 121
MONOGRAMS OF CHRIST, FOUND IN THE CATACOMBS, 128,
169, 264, 274, 279, 324, 334, 395, 436, 472.
ROMAN GARDENS, FROM AN OLD PAINTING 130
A LAMP, WITH THE MONOGRAM OF CHRIST 134
A DEACON, FROM DE ROSSI’S “ROMA SOTTERANEA” 137
A FISH CARRYING BREAD AND WINE, FROM THE CEMETERY OF ST. LUCINA 138
A WALL PAINTING, FROM THE CEMETERY OF ST. PRISCILLA 148
CHRIST IN THE MIDST OF HIS APOSTLES, FROM A PAINTING
IN THE CATACOMBS 182
INTERIOR OF A ROMAN THEATRE 185
HALLS IN THE BATHS OF CARACALLA 186
THE PEACOCK, AS AN EMBLEM OF THE RESURRECTION 189
A DOVE, AS AN EMBLEM OF THE SOUL 203
DIOGENES, THE EXCAVATOR, FROM A PAINTING IN THE CEMETERY OF
DOMITILLA 205
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