. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . We linger over the elements of decay, and cling with our fondest memoriesto all the rites of sepulture. In the first portion of our own era, this feelingdeveloped itself with great intensity, and the immediate advent of theMessiah was a passionate element of faith in the early Christian feeling enables us to understand the double use to which the Catac^nbswere applied. They formed a suitable form of sepulture, fulfilling all theconditions of sanitation, and, at the same
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . We linger over the elements of decay, and cling with our fondest memoriesto all the rites of sepulture. In the first portion of our own era, this feelingdeveloped itself with great intensity, and the immediate advent of theMessiah was a passionate element of faith in the early Christian feeling enables us to understand the double use to which the Catac^nbswere applied. They formed a suitable form of sepulture, fulfilling all theconditions of sanitation, and, at the same time, affording a safe and accep-table hiding-place for the early Christians during the fierce persecutions towhich they were subjected. The catacombs were of immense extent,forming a series of galleries, leading from each other, and it was to these,. 2ii^ probably, those portions which were disused,that the early Christians retreated for inscriptions are on the walls, copies ofwhi( h are here engraved. In the centre: aview of the crypt of St. Cecilia in the Catacombof Calixtus, and shows the mode of burial, frescoes, &c.* The picturesround represent:—An Arabesque of flowers and birds. A Grave-digger,or Fossor—early Christian. Jonah swallowed by the great under the Noah receiving the Dove into the Ark. A Roman Lady—early Christian. Moses striking the rock. The Picture Galleries at Rome afford a never-failing source of enjoymentto all lovers of art. Hanging on the walls of the various palaces may beseen productions of the great masters, whose thoughts and works are * Copied, by permission, from the Rev. Canon Northcoles book, entiiled, A Visitto the Roman Catacombs, 1877. 381 .Q{3 ^ ^ Rome. w appreciated all over the world. Among these great names we have selectedexamples of Rafifaelle, Guido,
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