Roma Sotterranea Or An Account Of The Roman Catacombs

Author : J. Spencer Nothcote
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267643851
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Roma Sotterranea Or an Account of the Roman Catacombs written by J. Spencer Nothcote and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Roma Sotterranea or an Account of the Roman Catacombs: Especially of the Cemetery of St. Callixtus; Compliled From the Works of Commendatore De Rossi With the Consent of the Author The second volume (which is nearly ready) will be devoted to the subject of early Christian Art whilst the present volume deals only with the history of the Catacombs generally, and a description of the Cemetery of Callixtus in particular. This matter, which filled about 250 pages of our first edition, now fills 500; and the greater portion of the additional matter is as interesting and important as it is new. We would call the special attention of our readers to the first two Chapters of Book II., Chapters iv. - viii. Of Book III., Chapters v.-vii. Of Book IV., and Chapter iii. Of Book V. The value of a work of this kind depends on the fidelity with which it reproduces the statements and proofs of the original which it professes to abridge; and the excellence of this abridgment on this score has been generally acknow ledged by all competent judges, e.g., by the writers in Smith's Dictionary of Christian Antiquities. A later English author, however, on the same subject, has more than once preferred the opposite charge against us, though he has never ventured to set before his readers the original texts of De Rossi which he accuses us of having misrepresented. We think, therefore, that we may be excused if we insert here the testimony of De Rossi himself, contained in a letter which he prefixed to the French translation of our work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.