The Vatican necropoles : Rome's city of the dead / Paolo Liverani, Giandomenico Spinola ; with a contribution by Pietro Zander ; introduction by Francesco Buranelli ; [translated from the Italian by Saskia Stevens and Victoria Noel-Johnson].
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publication details: [Turnhout, Belgium] : Città del Vaticano : Brepols ; Libreria Editrice Vaticani, 2010. Description: 350 p. : col. ill., maps ; 34 cmISBN: 9782503535784; 250353578XUniform titles: Necropoli Vaticane. English Subject(s): Tombs -- Vatican City | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Vatican City | Vatican City -- Antiquities, RomanLOC classification: DG795 | .L5713 2010Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Folio | The BIAA David H. French Library Shelf 34 - Main Room | E12b(f) VATIC 28230 | Not for loan | BOOKS*000000021074 |
Errata slip tipped in at p. 303.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 346) and index.
Introduction -- Topographic setting -- The rituals : anthropological and religious aspects -- The necropolis under St Peter's Basilica -- The Vatican necropolis on the Via Triumphalis -- The necropolis underneath St Peter's Basilica : conservation and restoration.
Translation of: Le necropoli Vaticane : la città dei morti di Roma