List of Illustrations.
| FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. | |
|---|---|
| Chromolithograph of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr. | Frontispiece. |
| FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY YAN DARGENT. | |
| PAGE | |
| Ordination, in the Early Ages of the Church | 33 |
| The Sacrament of Penance, in the Early Ages of the Church | 125 |
| The Blessed Eucharist, in the Early Ages of the Church | 337 |
| Confirmation, in the Early Ages of the Church | 343 |
| Baptism, in the Early Ages of the Church | 539 |
| Administering the Sacrament of Extreme Unction, in the Early Ages of the Church | 545 |
| A Marriage, in the Early Ages of the Church | 553 |
| FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY JOSEPH BLANC. | |
| “With trembling hands she drew from her neck the golden chain” | 39 |
| “Fabiola grasped the style in her right hand, and made an almost blind thrust at the unflinching handmaid” | 51 |
| “He who watched with beaming eye the alms-coffers of Jerusalem, and noted the widow’s mite, alone saw dropped into the chest, by the bandaged arm of a foreign female slave, a valuable emerald ring” | 55 |
| “‘Hark!’ said Pancratius, ‘these are the trumpet-notes that summon us’” | 95 |
| “‘Here it goes!’ and he thrust it into the blazing fire” | 321 |
| “‘Is it possible?’ she exclaimed with horror, ‘Is that Tarcisius whom I met a few moments ago, so fair and lovely?’” | 409 |
| “Each one, approaching devoutly, and with tears of gratitude, received from his consecrated hand his share—that is, the whole of the mystical food” | 415 |
| “Pancratius was still standing in the same place, facing the Emperor, apparently so absorbed in higher thoughts as not to heed the movements of his enemy” | 427 |
| “The Judge angrily reproved the executioner for his hesitation, and bid him at once do his duty” | 481 |
| “Fabiola went down herself, with a few servants, and what was her distress at finding poor Emerentiana lying weltering in her blood, and perfectly dead” | 535 |
| The Ruins of the Coliseum, as seen from the Palatine of St. Bonaventure | 89 |
| St. Lawrence Displaying his Treasures | 151 |
| Interior of the Temple of Jupiter | 163 |
| The Ruins of the Roman Forum, as they are to-day | 199 |
| The Martyr’s Widow | 221 |
| The Tomb of St. Cæcilia | 227 |
| A Columbarium, or Underground Sepulchre, in which the Romans Deposited the Urns Containing the Ashes of the Dead | 233 |
| The Claudian Aqueduct | 267 |
| Instruments of Torture used against the Christians, from Roller’s “Catacombes de Rome” | 287 |
| An Attack in the Catacombs | 349 |
| The Martyr Cæcilia | 363 |
| The Martyr’s Burial | 377 |
| The North-West Side of the Forum | 453 |
| The Christian Martyr | 485 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. EXCLUSIVE OF ORNAMENTAL INITIALS. | |
| The Bark of Peter, as found in the Catacombs | 12 |
| Interior of a Roman Dwelling at Pompeii | 19 |
| Plan of Pansa’s House at Pompeii | 20 |
| Door of Pansa’s House, with the Greeting SALVE or WELCOME | 22 |
| Atrium of a Pompeian House | 23 |
| Atrium of a House in Pompeii | 23 |
| Clepsydra, or Water-clock, from a Bas-Relief in the Mattei Palace, Rome | 25 |
| 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 |
| Jonas, after a Painting in the Cemetery of Callistus | 206 |
| Lazarus Raised from the Dead | 207 |
| Two Fossores, or Excavators, from a Picture at the Cemetery of Callistus | 208 |
| A Gallery in the Cemetery of St. Agnes, on the Nomentan Way | 211 |
| Inscription of the Cemetery of St. Agnes | 212 |
| An Arcosolium | 213 |
| Our Saviour Blessing the Bread, from a Picture in the Catacombs | 218 |
| A Staircase in the Catacombs | 220 |
| A Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament | 224 |
| Underground Gallery in the Catacombs, from Th. Roller’s “Catacombes de Rome” | 225 |
| A Loculus, Closed | 231 |
| A Loculus, Open | 235 |
| A Lamb with a Milk Pail, Emblematic of the Blessed Eucharist, found in the Catacombs | 238 |
| St. Cornelius and St. Cyprian, from De Rossi’s “Roma Sotteranea” | 244 |
| The Tomb of Cornelius | 247 |
| A Lamp with a Representation of the Good Shepherd, found at Ostium, prior to the Third Century, from Roller’s “Catacombes” | 249 |
| Cubiculum, or Crypt, as found in the Catacombs | 250 |
| The Last Supper, from a Painting in the Cemetery of St. Callistus | 251 |
| A Ceiling in the Catacombs, from De Rossi’s “Roma Sotteranea” | 252 |
| Our Lord Under the Symbol of Orpheus, from a Picture in the Cemetery of Domitilius | 253 |
| The Good Shepherd, a Woman Praying, from the Arcosolium of the Cemetery of SS. Nereus and Achilleus | 254 |
| A Ceiling in the Catacombs, in the Cemetery of Domitilla, Third Century | 255 |
| The Fishes and Anchor, the Fishes and Doves | 256 |
| The Blessed Virgin and the Magi, from a Picture in the Cemetery of Callistus | 258 |
| Moses Striking the Rock, from the Cemetery of “Inter Duos Lauros” | 260 |
| Maximilian Herculeus, from a Bronze Medal in the Collection of France | 266 |
| The Peacock, as an Emblem of the Resurrection, found in the Catacombs | 284 |
| Christ and His Apostles, from a Picture in the Catacombs | 290 |
| St. Pudentiana, St. Priscilla, and St. Praxedes | 293 |
| Our Saviour Represented as the Good Shepherd, with a Milk Can at His Side, as found in the Catacombs | 299 |
| Chair of St. Peter | 304 |
| The Anchor and Fishes, an Emblem of Christianity, found in the Catacombs | 307 |
| “Haughty Roman dame! Thou shalt bitterly rue this day and hour” | 313 |
| A Lamb Between Wolves, Emblematic of the Church, from a Picture in the Cemetery of St. Prætextatus | 314 |
| An Emblem of Paradise, found in the Catacombs | 329 |
| Ruins of the Basilica of St. Alexander, on the Nomentan Way, from Roller’s “Catacombes de Rome” | 342 |
| Plan of Subterranean Church, in the Cemetery of St. Agnes | 345 |
| A Cathedra, or Episcopal Chair, in Catacomb of St. Agnes | 346 |
| An Altar with its Episcopal Chair, in the Cemetery of St. Agnes | 348 |
| An Altar in the Cemetery of St. Sixtus | 352 |
| The Cure of the Man Born Blind, from a Picture in the Catacombs | 355 |
| The Woman of Samaria, from a Picture in the Cemetery of St. Domitilla | 367 |
| Jesus Cures the Blind Man, from a Picture in the Cemetery of St. Domitilla | 380 |
| The Anchor and Fish, Emblematic of Christianity, found in the Catacombs | 389 |
| The Mamertine Prison | 398 |
| The Blessed Virgin, from a Portrait found in the Cemetery of St. Agnes | 402 |
| The Coliseum | 420 |
| A Lamp Bearing a Monogram of Christ, found in the Catacombs | 430 |
| Elias Carried to Heaven, from a Picture found in the Catacombs | 447 |
| Moses Receiving the Law, from a Picture in the Cemetery of “Inter Duos Lauros” | 456 |
| Christ Blessing a Child, from a Picture in the Cemetery of the Latin Way | 463 |
| Chains for the Martyrs, after a Picture found in 1841, in a Crypt at Milan | 480 |
| A Blood Urn, used as a Mark for a Martyr’s Grave | 489 |
| The Resurrection of Lazarus, from the Cemetery of St. Domitilla | 490 |
| Cemetery of Callistus | 508 |
| Ordination, from a Picture in the Catacombs | 531 |
| Portrait of Our Saviour, from the Catacomb of St. Callistus | 548 |
| Constantine, the First Christian Emperor, after a Medal of the Time | 549 |
| Dioclesian, after a Medal in the Cabinet of France | 550 |
| Lucinius, Maxentius, Galerius-Maximinus, from Gold and Silver Medals in the French Collection | 550 |
| The Labarum, or Christian Standard, from a Coin of Constantine | 552 |
| Noe and the Ark, as a Symbol of the Church, from a Picture in the Catacombs | 557 |
| The Sacrifice of Abraham, from a Picture in the Catacombs | 563 |