arte paleocristiano. marble portrait bust of memnon the african philosopher, 150- 160 a.d. (berlin:...

Arte Paleocristiano

Marble portrait bust of Memnon the African philosopher, 150-160 A.D. (Berlin: Stadtl. Mus.) 0.27 meters tall.

Portrait bust, perhaps of the philosopher Plotinus, late 3rd c. A.D. (Ostia Museum)

Limestone funerary pillar, from S. Ambroix, of the carpenter Mansuetus with his tools, 2nd c. (S. Germ. en Laye, Mus. d'Antiq.) 1.90 m. tall. In the plebian-Aquitainian provincial style

IchthysEarly Christian symbol of a fish. Greek for fish is an acrostic for Jesus, Christ, God, Son, Saviour

Fish in early Christian (Coptic) artLimestone, Egypt, 5th century B. C.)Musée du Louvre, Paris © cliché Chuzeville/RMN

Detail from marble sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, c. 359. In the Museo Petriano, St. Peter's, Vatican City.

Catacomba Santi Marcellino e Pietro, RomaParticolare del Cristo in trono tra Pietro e Paolo, IV - V secolo

Marble inlay of the deified Sun from a Mithraeum, 202-229 A.D. (Rome: S. Prisca). 0.50 meters.

The Jewish Catacombs of Vigna Randanini were discovered in the 19th century on the Appian way.