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Page 377 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("On Subterranean Rome"), by Antoine Bosio. With an engraving with five subfigures, each depicting a carving from the ancient Christian cemetary of St. Marcellino. Figure A shows a detailed object with five Biblical scenes. Italian text printed above and below describes the figures and notes that the outer four scenes depicted in Fig. A show Noah in the Arc and three scenes of Jonah (III, swallowed by the whale; IV, spat out by the whale; V, under the gourd-tree).
Watermark in paper; rectangular with what may be an animal motif.


whales
1632-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Facciotti, G.
ink; laid paper
19 1/4 in x 13 3/4 in
Italy: Rome