Author & Curator |
Estelle Shohet Brettman. |
Imprint |
Boston, Mass., USA, 1985. Booklet, 40 pp., illustrations: 5 col., 14 b&w, 25.5 × 21.7 cm. English. |
Location |
Boston Public Library (1983–1985) |
Description |
A photographic exhibition showing Jewish, Christian and pagan funerary art from the catacombs and other ancient sites. In-depth essays on the catacombs, their inscriptions and their imagery. 199 items. |
Description |
Online version of the exhibition: http://archives.catacombsociety.org/vom/vomframes.html |
main keywords |
CATACOMBSPHOTOGRAPHSROME |
minor keywords |
Archaeological findsItalyRome, catacombsTombstones, ancient |
Related ephemera |
Exhibition leaflet with explanatory text about the catacombs, their exploration, their symbols, etc., 12 pp., 9 b&w illus., 23 × 10 cm. |
Other venues |
Spertus Museum, Chicago, Ill., USA (14 September–31 December 1989); Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA; University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA; Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, Israel. |
Catalog from other venue |