Rome / Catacomb of Calixtus - Inscription of Pope Damasus, AD 375, in the Chapel of S. Eusebius. Taken with magnesian light. / NOTE: The central inscription in Parker’s catalogue is flanked on both sides by a column of vertical text. / Left: / DAMASIS PAPPAE CVLTOR ATQVE AMATOR. / Right: / FVRIVS DIONYSIVS FILOCALVS SCRIBSIT. / Center text (horizontal lines): / *DAMASVS EPISCOPVS FECIT HERACLIVS VETVIT LABSOS PECCATA DOLERE EVSEBIVS MISEROS DOCVIT SVM (SVA) CRIMINA FLERE SCINDITVR (in) PARTES POPVLVS GLISCENTE FVRORE SEDITIO CAEDE(S) BELLVM DISCORDIA LITES EXEMPLO PARITER PVLSI FERITATE TYRANNI INTEGRA CVM RECTOR SERVARET FOEDERA PACIS PERTVLIT EXILIVM DOMINO SVB IVDICE LAETVS LITORE TRINACRIO MVNDVM VITAMQVE RELIQVIT EVSEBIO EPISCOPO ET MARTYRI. / This inscription was copied, probably by Pope Vigilius, AD 550, from the inscription of Damasus, AD 380. / Cardboard

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Object Identifier: 2000.01.1811
Other Object Numbers: 1811 (Catalogue Number)
Object Name: Catacomb of Calixtus - Inscription of Pope Damasus, AD 375, in the Chapel of S. Eusebius. Taken with magnesian light.; NOTE: The central inscription in Parker’s catalogue is flanked on both sides by a column of vertical text.; Left:; DAMASIS PAPPAE CVLTOR ATQVE AMATOR.; Right:; FVRIVS DIONYSIVS FILOCALVS SCRIBSIT.; Center text (horizontal lines):; *DAMASVS EPISCOPVS FECIT HERACLIVS VETVIT LABSOS PECCATA DOLERE EVSEBIVS MISEROS DOCVIT SVM (SVA) CRIMINA FLERE SCINDITVR (in) PARTES POPVLVS GLISCENTE FVRORE SEDITIO CAEDE(S) BELLVM DISCORDIA LITES EXEMPLO PARITER PVLSI FERITATE TYRANNI INTEGRA CVM RECTOR SERVARET FOEDERA PACIS PERTVLIT EXILIVM DOMINO SVB IVDICE LAETVS LITORE TRINACRIO MVNDVM VITAMQVE RELIQVIT EVSEBIO EPISCOPO ET MARTYRI.; This inscription was copied, probably by Pope Vigilius, AD 550, from the inscription of Damasus, AD 380.
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.

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Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 2000.01.1811
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-2000.01.1811/1

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Full citation: "Rome; Catacomb of Calixtus - Inscription of Pope Damasus, AD 375, in the Chapel of S. Eusebius. Taken with magnesian light.; ; NOTE: The central inscription in Parker’s catalogue is flanked on both sides by a column of vertical text.; Left: ; DAMASIS PAPPAE CVLTOR ATQVE AMATOR.; Right:; FVRIVS DIONYSIVS FILOCALVS SCRIBSIT.; Center text (horizontal lines): ; *DAMASVS EPISCOPVS FECIT HERACLIVS VETVIT LABSOS PECCATA DOLERE EVSEBIVS MISEROS DOCVIT SVM (SVA) CRIMINA FLERE SCINDITVR (in) PARTES POPVLVS GLISCENTE FVRORE SEDITIO CAEDE(S) BELLVM DISCORDIA LITES EXEMPLO PARITER PVLSI FERITATE TYRANNI INTEGRA CVM RECTOR SERVARET FOEDERA PACIS PERTVLIT EXILIVM DOMINO SVB IVDICE LAETVS LITORE TRINACRIO MVNDVM VITAMQVE RELIQVIT EVSEBIO EPISCOPO ET MARTYRI. ; This inscription was copied, probably by Pope Vigilius, AD 550, from the inscription of Damasus, AD 380.; Cardboard." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-2000.01.1811/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2025.

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