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Front Cover, FabiolaFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The front cover of this book is pinted in black with gold foil on red cloth. There’s a picture of a man in a Roman gown and bare feet standing in an arena looking up at the emperor Diocletian (identif [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour, peace, christians, lions, sacrifice, coliseum, ancient rome

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2018-01-17

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Border of Peace from Front Cover.Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The front cover of the book includes a border in gold and black on a red background; there are five florets containing symbols of peace, love and Christianity, as well as a vase of wheat and grasses a [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, religion, peace, decoration, symbols, christianity, christmas, xmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-12-07

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Chi-rho symbol (Px) in red, black ad gold from front cover.Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The Chi-Rho, or Chiro, symbol is a PX monogram from te first two letters of the Greek word for Christ. This gold and christian Px symbol is set in a gold circle surrounded with flowers on a black fiel [...]

Keywords: symbols, crosses, religion, christianity, colour, floriated borders, easter, geometric borders

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-12-08

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Decorative Initial letter “I” With sunbathing lady and birdsFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

This “vignetted” initial capital letter I was used as a drop cap at the start of a chapter. It includes two birds (songbirds I think, by their shapes) siting on swirly vines; two urns sprouting out o [...]

Keywords: letteri, initials, people, women, birds, ornate, vignetted initials, foliated initials, urns, gardens, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-10-03

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Fig 36. — A staircase of the catacombsFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The Catacombs of Rome, said to have been used by early Christians to hide from persecution. Looking from within a tall tunnel with an arched roof towards the steps up and presumably out, into the ligh [...]

Keywords: catacombs, staircases, stairway to heaven, caves, corridors, graves, tombs, religion, christianity, roman remains, interiors, spooky, death, graveyards, tombs, greyscale

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2025-04-09

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Fig. 37. — Tunnel in the Catacombs of RomeFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

A curving tunnel with an arched roof and rows of niches in the walls for burials. The Christians did not build the catacombs; they were an underground graveyard, sort of like a multi-story car park un [...]

Keywords: catacombs, tunnels, roman remains, graves, cemetaries, graveyards, tunnels, christianity, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-04-09

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Fig. 41.—Un loculus ouvert. (A loculus, or Roman tomb, open.)Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The picture is showing a burial from the early Christian period, probably in Rome, in a catacomb. A rectangular tomb set into a wall, large enough for the dead occupant to lie down with a little head [...]

Keywords: tombs, burial, death, spooky, skeletons, bones, catacombs, roman remains, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-12-17

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Tailpiece with peacockFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

This peacock is standing on a tiny island with a small broken tree. It is surrounded by vines with berries.

This tailpiece was used as a decoration to mark the end of a chapter.

Keywords: tailpieces, birds, peacocks, islands, ornaments, decoration, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-05-17

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Decorative initial letter “D” with lady and saint and birdsFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

This “vignetted” initial capital letter “D” was used as a drop cap at the start of a chapter. The capital D is framed inside a stylized frond or creeper vine emanating from a vase with fruit on it; be [...]

Keywords: letterd, initials, people, women, men, birds, foliated initials, saints, religion, christianity, vignetted initials, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-03-02

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Chapter tailpiece, winged angel holding crossFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

Engraving showing a woman with wings and a robe at the foot of a large cross, holding it up; the cross is framed in a gothic arch with vines and grapes surrounding it and two ears of wheat in the cent [...]

Keywords: ornaments, crosses, angels, wings, religion, christianity, easter, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-07-19

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Initial letter Q: monk with pick-axeFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The letter “Q” surmounted by a bird (a stork?) and with flowers all around, contains a man carrying a pickaxe and wearing a monk’s or cleric’s robe marked with the sign of the cross; at his feet a box [...]

Keywords: letterq, initials, historiated initials, inhabited initials, people, birds, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-12-29

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Burning the scrollsFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The four men in this picture are engaged in burning a large scroll, a Roman decree banning Christianity. They are clean-shaven and short-haired, wear the Roman toga and have bare feet. One thrusts the [...]

Keywords: people, fires, burning, sedition, bare feet, soldiers, interiors, book burning, roman costumes, togas, men, roman architcture, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-02-24

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Watching, Waving ManFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

A man, barefoot and bare-legged, stands with one hand outstretched, facing away from the viewer. This would be suitable as a border image on one side of a poster, perhaps (you could flip the image to [...]

Keywords: people, bare feet, watching, borders, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-02-25

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Mediaeval Torture InstrumentsFabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

These six torture implements were captioned instruments of torture employed against the Christians, but they are not actually mentioned in the text. The objects on the first row, the sharp teeth, the [...]

Keywords: torture, diagrams, roman remains, creepy, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2015-09-29

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