Rome / Catacomb of Calixtus - Inscription of Pope Damasus, AD 380, over the altar in the chapel of the Popes. Taken with magnesian light. / HIC CONGESTA IACET QVAERIS SI TVRBA PIORVM CORPORA SANCTORVM RETINENT VENERANDA SEPVLCRA SVBLIMES ANIMAS RAPVIT SIBI REGIA CAELI HIC COMITES XYSTI PORTANT QVI EX HOSTE TROPAEA HIC NVMERVS PROCERVM SERVAT QVI ALTARIA XPI HIC POSITVS LONGA VIXIT QVI IN PACE SACERDOS HIC CONFESSORES SANCTI QVOS GRAECIA MISIT HIC IVVENES PVERIQVE SENES CASTIQVE NEPOTES QVIS MAGE VIRGINEVM PLACVIT RETINERE PVDOREM HIC FATEOR DAMASVS VOLVI MEA CONDERE MEMBRA SED CINERES TIMVI SANCTOS VEXARE PIORVM. / Cardboard

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Object Identifier: 2000.01.1795
Other Object Numbers: 1795 (Catalogue Number)
Object Name: Catacomb of Calixtus - Inscription of Pope Damasus, AD 380, over the altar in the chapel of the Popes. Taken with magnesian light.; HIC CONGESTA IACET QVAERIS SI TVRBA PIORVM CORPORA SANCTORVM RETINENT VENERANDA SEPVLCRA SVBLIMES ANIMAS RAPVIT SIBI REGIA CAELI HIC COMITES XYSTI PORTANT QVI EX HOSTE TROPAEA HIC NVMERVS PROCERVM SERVAT QVI ALTARIA XPI HIC POSITVS LONGA VIXIT QVI IN PACE SACERDOS HIC CONFESSORES SANCTI QVOS GRAECIA MISIT HIC IVVENES PVERIQVE SENES CASTIQVE NEPOTES QVIS MAGE VIRGINEVM PLACVIT RETINERE PVDOREM HIC FATEOR DAMASVS VOLVI MEA CONDERE MEMBRA SED CINERES TIMVI SANCTOS VEXARE PIORVM.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Object Category: Photograph
Object Type: Photographs and prints
Publisher: John Henry Parker
Materials: Cardboard

Date

Date: ca 1870-1880 AD

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Rome

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: A Catalogue of 3300 Photographs of Antiquities in Rome and Italy.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 2000.01.1795
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-2000.01.1795/1

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Full citation: "Rome; Catacomb of Calixtus - Inscription of Pope Damasus, AD 380, over the altar in the chapel of the Popes. Taken with magnesian light. ; HIC CONGESTA IACET QVAERIS SI TVRBA PIORVM CORPORA SANCTORVM RETINENT VENERANDA SEPVLCRA SVBLIMES ANIMAS RAPVIT SIBI REGIA CAELI HIC COMITES XYSTI PORTANT QVI EX HOSTE TROPAEA HIC NVMERVS PROCERVM SERVAT QVI ALTARIA XPI HIC POSITVS LONGA VIXIT QVI IN PACE SACERDOS HIC CONFESSORES SANCTI QVOS GRAECIA MISIT HIC IVVENES PVERIQVE SENES CASTIQVE NEPOTES QVIS MAGE VIRGINEVM PLACVIT RETINERE PVDOREM HIC FATEOR DAMASVS VOLVI MEA CONDERE MEMBRA SED CINERES TIMVI SANCTOS VEXARE PIORVM.; Cardboard." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-2000.01.1795/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 08, 2025.

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