. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . reis completed by two palm trees, right and left of the saint. Ona branch of one is perched the mythical Phoenix, betokening theNew Birth and Eternal Life. All these details, either singly or 1 On the old painting in the altar recess the following words of a prayer scratchedthere may also be deciphered: Sancta martyr multum praestas ob voti . . felicitates I(in allusion to her name) sperare innocentes noil desperare (reos). De ROSSI, Bullett. Iarcheol. crist., 1885, p. 160 fT. 2 A drawing by the architect, F. Mazzanti. Lacking details have b
. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . reis completed by two palm trees, right and left of the saint. Ona branch of one is perched the mythical Phoenix, betokening theNew Birth and Eternal Life. All these details, either singly or 1 On the old painting in the altar recess the following words of a prayer scratchedthere may also be deciphered: Sancta martyr multum praestas ob voti . . felicitates I(in allusion to her name) sperare innocentes noil desperare (reos). De ROSSI, Bullett. Iarcheol. crist., 1885, p. 160 fT. 2 A drawing by the architect, F. Mazzanti. Lacking details have been supplied 1from DE Rossi, Bull. arch, crist., 1885, tav. 11, and Garrucci, Arte crist., tav. 154. jThe coloured imitation marble on the walls may still be recognised here and there,and bears some resemblance to the analogous painting on the walls of the church ofSS. John and Paul on the Caslian Hill. 3 De ROSSI, , p- 157 fT.: Pittura ritraejite S. Felicitci ed i settefigliuoli in un anticooratoriopresso le terme di Tito. Cp. ibid., PI. -r¥t 111. 47.—Ancient Christian Oratory of St. Felicitas and her Sons.(View of the inside showing the Altar; partially reconstructed.) no. 153J CHRISTIAN ORATORIES 217 variously amplified, recur repeatedly on Roman mosaics from thefourth to the seventh centuries. This simple yet precious Oratorium vividly portrays otherartistic customs and pious practices of its age. On the walls ofthe equal-sided interior, besides the customary imitation-mosaics,frescoes were found of early Christian subjects, several of thempainted under the influence of the then prevalent symbolism ;thus we find the Three Youths in the Fiery Furnace, and Danielin the Lions Den ; the Apostles Peter and Paul stand besidethe Saviour. Many names of persons and acclamations, some Christian,I but mostly Pagan, had been scratched upon the wall. A calendar,1 showing the deities of the days of the week, was evidently alsoinscribed in the classical period. The whole edifi
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