Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . phagi. The best are on the left; of these the mostremarkable are, the 1st, the marriage at Cana; 7th, a sarcophaguswith a canopy supported by two pavonazzetto columns, and, on thewall behind, frescoes of the Good Shepherd, &c. ; 8th, a sarco-phagus with the Christian monogram in detached relief; in themiddle of gallery, the Good Shepherd repeated several times amongvines, with cherubs gathering the grapes. At the raised end of thecorridor is the seated bearded statue of Hippolytus, Bishop ofPorto in the third century (the upper part a re
Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . phagi. The best are on the left; of these the mostremarkable are, the 1st, the marriage at Cana; 7th, a sarcophaguswith a canopy supported by two pavonazzetto columns, and, on thewall behind, frescoes of the Good Shepherd, &c. ; 8th, a sarco-phagus with the Christian monogram in detached relief; in themiddle of gallery, the Good Shepherd repeated several times amongvines, with cherubs gathering the grapes. At the raised end of thecorridor is the seated bearded statue of Hippolytus, Bishop ofPorto in the third century (the upper part a restoration), found inhis crypt on the left of tlie Via Tiburtina opposite S. Lorenzo1551, and moved hither by Pius IX. from the Vatican Library ;upon the chair is engraved the celebrated Paschal Calendar, whichis supposed to settle the unorthodoxy of those early Christians whokept Easter at the same time as the Jews ; also a list of the saintsworks. The cycle begins with 222 and ends with 234. Hence a door on the right of a corridor leads to—. Lat eaa n M u s eu 2 D 418 Walks in Rome The pavement of one of the first halls is enriched with a mosaicin arabesques, displaying a womans head, which was found duringthe restoration of the Palazzo Sora. The Fragments in mosaic up-held by two large supports form one of the treasures of the Collec-tion, and are considered the most perfect works of their kind. Theywere discovered in a vineyard beyond the Porta S. Paulo, where theServilian gardens lay in olden days. The masterpiece consisted ofan imitation of a famous pavement mentioned by Pfiny as havingbeen made at Pergamus by JSosos. Several other halls are filled with modem pictures of recentmartyrdoms, &c., chiefly presents to Leo XIII. The \Qth Hall, called the Hall of Council, is surrounded by frescoportraits of popes and pictures allegorical of their arms, &c. At the end of a corridor, a custode will admit to two rooms filledwith a beautiful set of terra-cotta reliefs, busts,
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