Orazio Marucchi, John Armine Willis

Christian Epigraphy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Epigraphy, the study of inscriptions, is a vital source of information about the history and culture of early Christianity. In this authoritative volume, Willis and Marucchi present a detailed survey of Christian epigraphy from the 1st to the 6th centuries, accompanied by numerous illustrations and translations of key texts. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 594
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1002g
• ISBN-13: 9781019894545
• ISBN-10: 1019894547
• Artikelnr.: 71727917

Inhaltsangabe

Prefaratory note
Preliminary notice
Introduction - general information
Part I. General Statement: 1. Preliminary notes on the original sources of the study of ancient Christian epigraphy and on the bibliography concerning it. Principal collections of Christian inscriptions existing in Rome
2. General facts concerning Christian inscriptions
3. Of symbols. Interpunctuation
4. Metrical inscriptions
Part II. A Collection of Christian Inscriptions, Mainly from Rome, in their Various Classes: 1. Primitive inscriptions, with primitive formulae
2. Doctrinal inscriptions (general features)
3. Inscriptions bearing on sacraments
4. Inscriptions relating to the doctrine of the 'Communion of Saints'
5. Inscriptions bearing on the organisation of the early Christian society
6. General information on inscriptions bearing consular dates or other chronological indications. Of the Dionysian or Vulgar era
7. Inscriptions selected for certain special expressions ejaculations - language bearing on the conception of a future life
8. The Damasian inscriptions
9. Appendix to the Damasian inscriptions
10. Illustrations of historical (non-Damasian) inscriptions from the fourth to the sixth century
11. 'Graffiti' or inscriptions scratched by early visitors in the Roman catacombs
Appendix
Note.