Title: CUBICULUM OF LEONIS, CATACOMB OF COMMODILLA Near Rome. Late 4th century. [Fig. 07-01]
1CUBICULUM OF LEONIS, CATACOMB OF COMMODILLANear
Rome. Late 4th century. Fig. 07-01
2THE LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE WORLDMap 07-01
3ARK OF THE COVENANT AND MENORAHSWall painting in
a Jewish catacomb, Villa Torlonia, Rome.3rd
century. 3'11" 5'9" (1.19 1.8 m). Fig. 07-02
4WALL WITH TORAH NICHEFrom a house-synagogue,
Dura-Europos, Syria. 244-245 CE.Tempera on
plaster, section approx. 40' (12.19 m)
long.Reconstructed in the National Museum,
Damascus, Syria. Fig. 07-03
5THE CROSSING OF THE RED SEADetail of a wall
painting from a house-synagogue, Dura-Europos,
Syria. 244-245 CE. National Museum, Damascus,
Syria. Fig. 07-04
6A CLOSER LOOK The Mosaic Floor of the Beth Alpha
Synagogueby Marianos and Hanina. Ritual Objects,
Celestial Diagram, and Sacrifice of
Isaac.Galilee, Israel. 6th century CE.
7RECONSTRUCTION OF BAPTISTERY, WITH FRAGMENTS OF
ORIGINAL FRESCOFrom Christian house-church,
Dura-Europos, Syria. Before 256.Yale University
Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. Fig. 07-05
8THE GOOD SHEPHERD WITH ADAM AND EVE AFTER THE
FALLDetail of lunette fresco in FIG. 7-5. Fig.
07-06
9THE GOOD SHEPHERD, ORANTS, AND THE STORY OF
JONAHPainted ceiling of the Catacomb of
SS.Peter and Marcellinus, Rome. Late 3rd-early
4th century. Fig. 07-07
10THE GOOD SHEPHERDEastern Mediterranean, probably
Anatolia (Turkey). Second half of the 3rd
century. Marble, height 19-3/4" (50.2 cm), width
6" (15.9 cm).Cleveland Museum of Art. John L.
Severance Fund (1965.241) Fig. 07-08
11RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF THE INTERIOR OF OLD ST.
PETER'S, ROMEc. 320-327. Fig. 07-09
12INTERIOR, CHURCH OF SANTA SABINAView from the
south aisle near the sanctuary toward the
entrance. c. 422-432.Fig. 07-10
13CHURCH OF SANTA SABINA, RomeExterior view from
the southeast. c. 422-432. Fig. 07-11
14HARVESTING OF GRAPESAmbulatory vault, church of
Santa Costanza, Rome. c. 350. Mosaic. Fig. 07-12
15PLAN (A) AND RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING (B) of OLD
ST. PETER'sc. 320-327 atrium added in later 4th
century.Approx. 394' (120 m) long and 210' (64
m) wide. Fig. 07-13a
16PLAN (A) AND RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING (B) of OLD
ST. PETER'sc. 320-327 atrium added in later 4th
century.Approx. 394' (120 m) long and 210' (64
m) wide. Fig. 07-13b
17PLAN (A) AND SECTION (B) OF THE CHURCH OF SANTA
COSTANZA, ROMEc. 350. Fig. 07-14
18CHURCH OF SANTA COSTANZA, ROMEc. 350. View from
ambulatory into rotunda. Fig. 07-15
19SARCOPHAGUS OF CONSTANTINAc. 350. Porphyry,
height 7'5" (2.26 m).Musei Vaticani, Vatican,
Rome. Fig. 07-16
20SARCOPHAGUS OF JUNIUS BASSUSGrottoes of St.
Peter, Vatican, Rome. c. 359.Marble, 4' 8'
(1.2 2.4 m). Fig. 07-17
21ORATORY OF GALLA PLACIDIA, RAVENNAc. 425-426.
Fig. 07-18
22ORATORY OF GALLA PLACIDIAView from entrance,
barrel-vaulted arms housing sarchophagi, lunette
mosaic of the martyrdom of St. Lawrence. c.
425-426. Fig. 07-19
23THE GOOD SHEPHERDLunette over the entrance,
Oratory of Galla Placidia.c. 425-426. Mosaic.
Fig. 07-20
24SS. ONESIPHOROS AND PORPHYRIOS STANDING BEFORE AN
ARCHITECTURAL BACKDROPMosaics on the interior of
the dome of the church of St. George (formerly
the mausoleum of Galerius). Thessaloniki,
northern Greece. Rotunda 4th century mosaics 5th
century. Fig. 07-21