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Catacomb Iconography

Catacomb Iconography is a specialized branch of funerary iconography that pertains to the visual representations, symbols, and artistic conventions found in early Christian catacombs, distinguished by their subterranean context, religious narrative functions, and use in late antique mortuary practices.

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A mass grave from the catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus in Rome, second-third century AD

Philippe Blanchard, Dominique Castex, Michaël Coquerelle et al. · Antiquity · 2007 · 65 citations

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Jewish inspiration of Christian catacombs

Leonard Victor Rutgers, Klaas van der Borg, Arie F. M. de Jong et al. · Nature · 2005 · 43 citations · Full text

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The Catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara

Paul Thomas Nicholson, Salima Ikram, Steve Mills · Antiquity · 2015 · 31 citations

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The Christian Catacombs of Rome

Roland Robertson · The Expository Times · 1933 · 15 citations

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Symbolic Representations in the Jewish Catacombs of Rome

Harry J. Leon · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 1949 · 14 citations

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Authors

14

  1. IP
    Imogen Poole

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    1 publications · 43 citations

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  2. MC
    Michaël Coquerelle

    University of Vienna, Austria

    1 publications · 65 citations

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  3. SI
    Salima Ikram

    American University in Cairo, Egypt

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  4. RR
    Roland Robertson

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. HJ
    Harry J. Leon

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives

    Metz, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    65 citations

  2. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  3. CItés, Territoires, Environnement et Sociétés

    Tours, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    65 citations

  4. De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie

    Pessac, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    130 citations

  5. Pontificia commissione di archeologia sacra

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    130 citations

  6. American University in Cairo

    Cairo, Egypt

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  7. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    130 citations

  8. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    172 citations

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Venues

  1. Antiquity

    2 publications · 96 citations

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  2. Nature

    1 publications · 43 citations

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  3. The Expository Times

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    1 publications · 14 citations

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