arcosolium
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arcosolia
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Etymology
Origin of arcosolium
1875–80; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin arc ( us ) arc + -o- -o- + solium sarcophagus
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The front of the arcosolium is closed by a wall, on the surface of which is an interesting fresco, which is here reproduced.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
Other forms of very frequent recurrence are the table tomb and arched tomb, or arcosolium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The name of the owner of this conspicuous tomb is engraved above the arcosolium: AMPLIATI.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
In arcosolium tombs the receptacles are benches cut in the wall, like the berths in a steamer's cabin.
From How to Observe in Archaeology by Various
The letters are of the 2nd century; but above the arcosolium was found a stone with great letters, 5 or 6 in. high: “AMPLIATI, the tomb of Ampliatus.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The arcosolia were dismantled, and the loculi violated one by one.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
The niche over tombs of this kind was of the same length as the grave, and generally vaulted in a semicircular form, whence they were called arcosolia.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
Table-tombs and arcosolia are by no means rare in the corridors of the catacombs, but they belong more generally to the cubicula, or family vaults, of which we now proceed to speak.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The mode of interment, however, is the same as that practised in Rome, and the loculi and arcosolia differ by little in the two.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The Christians scattered the relics of the first occupants, knocked down their busts, built arcosolia in the three recesses of the Greek cross, and honeycombed with loculi the side walls of the corridor.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
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