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Tavola Nona delli Monumenti dipinti del Cimiterio di S. Calisto Papa, e d'altri Sant Martiri nelle Vie Appia, & Ardeatina.
Page 279 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" ("Rome Underground"), by Antoine Bosio. With an engraving depicting, in five subfigures, decorative panels in the early Christian Cemetary of St. Calisto. Subfigure I shows, in fisheye view, the arch upon which the panels are painted or carved, while II-V show the details of the panels. III depicts a panel with illustrations of the book of Jonah, including Jonah being swallowed by the whale, and Jonah being spat up by it. Italian text printed above and below describes the figure.
Watermark in paper; a rectangular shieldlike form with what may be an animal motif.
