Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Vaults of Memory. Jewish and Christian Imagery in the Catacombs of Rome. An Exhibition
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Author & Curator

Estelle Shohet Brettman.

Imprint

Boston, Mass., USA, 1985. Booklet, 40 pp., illustrations: 5 col., 14 b&w, 25.5 × 21.7 cm. English.

Location

Boston Public Library (1983–1985)

Description

A photographic exhibition showing Jewish, Christian and pagan funerary art from the catacombs and other ancient sites. In-depth essays on the catacombs, their inscriptions and their imagery. 199 items.

Description

Online version of the exhibition: http://archives.catacombsociety.org/vom/vomframes.html

main keywords

CATACOMBS
PHOTOGRAPHS
ROME

minor keywords

Archaeological finds
Italy
Rome, catacombs
Tombstones, ancient

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet with explanatory text about the catacombs, their exploration, their symbols, etc., 12 pp., 9 b&w illus., 23 × 10 cm.

Other venues

Spertus Museum, Chicago, Ill., USA (14 September–31 December 1989); Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA; University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA; Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, Israel.

Catalog from other venue

#1041 (Chicago)

Cite this page
“Vaults of Memory. Jewish and Christian Imagery in the Catacombs of Rome. An Exhibition”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 08 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0735>
First published online: 2019



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