Monuments of the early church . ve totally perished, many ofthem at the hands of the Goths;but the text of about forty of themhas been preserved through the,, ,, , -„ , ,.,, copies made by the pilgrims. In Fig. 22. —Martj-rdoin of S. Achilleus, ^ J l &relief upon one of the columns which COUSCquenCe of tllis lucky preSCr-supported the ciborium in thebasilica y^^^Q^ a mere fragment of theof S. PetroniUa. Fourth century. ... ^ original marble suffices for therestoration of the whole inscription and serves often to fix itsoriginal location. The accompanying illustration (Fig. 23) shows a marblewh
Monuments of the early church . ve totally perished, many ofthem at the hands of the Goths;but the text of about forty of themhas been preserved through the,, ,, , -„ , ,.,, copies made by the pilgrims. In Fig. 22. —Martj-rdoin of S. Achilleus, ^ J l &relief upon one of the columns which COUSCquenCe of tllis lucky preSCr-supported the ciborium in thebasilica y^^^Q^ a mere fragment of theof S. PetroniUa. Fourth century. ... ^ original marble suffices for therestoration of the whole inscription and serves often to fix itsoriginal location. The accompanying illustration (Fig. 23) shows a marblewhich S. Damasus i)laced at the end of the crypt of the popes(Fig. 10) ; it is now restored to its original place and is almostcomplete, although recomposed from one hundred and twenty-five minute fragments into which it was broken. I give herethe translation, which must suffice for an example of Damasusspoems: Here, if you inquire, lies crowded together a throngof the righteous, the venerable tombs hold the bodies of the. THE POEMS OF DAM ASUS 75 saints, their lofty spirits the i^alace of heaven took to the companions of Sixtus who bore trophies from theenemy; here a number of the leaders who ministered at thealtars of Christ; here is placed the priest who lived in longpeace; here the holy confessors whom Greece sent; hereyoung men and boys, old men and their pure descendants,who chose to keep their virgin modesty. Here, I confess, IDamasus wished to deposit my body, but I feared to disturbthe holy ashes of the righteous. It is not unreasonable tosuppose that a throng of martyrs were often buried in asingle tomb, particularly such as suffered together in the same CposiTvsiots ga ^XX>] MX
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