History of mediæval art . Fig. 4.—Papal Vault in the Catacomb of Present condition, b. Restored view. like an arch {arcosolia) do not at first appear, the ceilings beingeither horizontal or only slightly curved. {Fig. 5.) The small,almost cubical chambers {cryptae or cubicula), are fewer in numberthan the corridors; their ceilings are commonly curved, and butrarely provided with openings for light and air {luminarid). Thesechambers contained sarcophagi {mensae) reserved for eminent per-sonages ; being covered with large slabs of marble, the coffers werefrequently used as altar-tabl
History of mediæval art . Fig. 4.—Papal Vault in the Catacomb of Present condition, b. Restored view. like an arch {arcosolia) do not at first appear, the ceilings beingeither horizontal or only slightly curved. {Fig. 5.) The small,almost cubical chambers {cryptae or cubicula), are fewer in numberthan the corridors; their ceilings are commonly curved, and butrarely provided with openings for light and air {luminarid). Thesechambers contained sarcophagi {mensae) reserved for eminent per-sonages ; being covered with large slabs of marble, the coffers werefrequently used as altar-tables. Masonry of brick was employed CATACOMB OF CALIXTUS. 9 when found necessary, and all the walls were thinly covered withstucco, whitewashed and roughly painted. The persecutions with which the third century began, disturbedfor the first time the regular development of the plan. At thatperiod seem to have been formed those hidden labyrinthic gallerieswhich led from the side farthest from the street to .the neighbor-ing
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