A comprehensive guide to the individual churches, catacombs, embellishments and artefacts of Early Christian Rome.
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"In the best tradition of well-researched archaeological guides, this volume offers a brief history, a diagram, and description of all the early Christian churches and catacombs as well as suggested itineraries... Recommended not only for the traveller but also for libraries as a good entree into the early Christian archaeology of Rome." -- Religious Studies Review. "The early churches and catacombs of early Christian Rome not only comprise a material heart for the world's Christians but are a quintessential heritage for modern Europe. They deserve to be far better known and this should be the book to do the job. This book will delight anyone, be they archaeologist or holiday maker, who loves Rome, its people and their historical treasures." -- Professor Martin Carver, The University of York. "With clear, no-nonsense descriptions, useful plans and a range of other valuable information, the author makes it possible for the interested traveller to tour the city's churches and find an intimate peace alongside serene beauty. In so doing, Webb has written a book for the modern traveller to rival the medieval guides that pilgrims from all over Europe took on their journey of a lifetime." -- Professor Richard Hodges, School of World Art, University of East Anglia. "A very welcome addition to the literature." -- Amanda Claridge, author of Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide. "Brings together an immense body of learning." -- The Catholic Herald. "An admirably informative and practical guidebook." -- Church Times. "The excellent plans of each church and complex and occasional sections and elevations should be singled out for praise, always to the same scale and thus facilitating comparison... an invaluable research tool for the study of Early Christian Archaeology... contains a wealth of information not elsewhere available in such an accessible form." -- Church Archaeology.
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This is a fantastic book - I've found it very useful (particularly the meticulous plans which are all to scale - no other book on this subject has this!). I've used this book on holiday in Rome and it proved really informative and I got to see everything I was interested in. Buy it if you want to see all the really early church stuff and catacombs in Rome!
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Good Starting Resource
21 Feb 2006
By Scott Harrison
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I used this book as a jumping off point for my B.A. capstone on the church Santa Maria Maggiore. It contains very good introductory information to the churches of Rome, brief histories of their constructions and renovations, and includes a very helpful guides to the more interesting pieces of art in the various churches. Excellent for the traveler to Rome who wants to get an idea of what churches they might be interested in or for the budding church historian/archaeologist.
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Comprehensive and useful guide
23 Aug 2007
By pedo
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excellent companion for the serious traveller, fully detailed and satisfying without being verbose. i appreciated the historical introduction to early Christian Rome as preparatory to the individual descriptions of the sites covered in the book. the basic organization of tours into suggested itineraries was helpful, particularly the indications of sites requiring special permission to visit. the diagrams are well depicted, always indicative of multiple eras contained within many of the churches. this guide will accompany me to Rome shortly and i shall be better prepared for the tours because of it.
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