Page 289 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("Rome Underground"), by Antoine Bosio. With an engraving depicting the carved faces of two early Christian sarcophagi; each features Biblical scenes. The lower sarcophagi features a scene of Jonah pushed from the boat into the mouth of the whale, and another of Jonah reposing beneath the gourd-tree; it is depicted as damaged, and the right lower corner is broken away. Italian text printed above and below describes the figure.
Watermark in paper; a rectangular shieldlike form with what may be an animal motif.
