Sculture e pitture sagre estratte dai cimiterj di Roma : pubblicate gia dagli autori della Roma sotterranea ed ora nuovamente date in luce colle spiegazioni per ordine di n. s. Clemente XII ..
Sculture e pitture sagre is a 1737 Roman folio edited by Giovanni Gaetano Bottari and printed at the Vatican press under Pope Clement XII, reproducing early Christian sculpture and painting from the catacombs of Rome. The plates show the designs as engraved reproductions, with pictures that include a central medallion of concentric rings and marked bands framed by small birds and figures, a relief panel of rows of standing robed figures, and small framed scenes of a reclining figure and a lamb-bearing figure. A designer might take from them the compact geometric medallion layouts and the rhythmic repetition of figures used in early Christian decoration.
