ICS Study of Jewish Catacomb of Vigna Randanini – Via Appia Antica (2004)

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2212-2367: Jewish Catacomb of the Vigna Randanini
2368-2371: Outside of San Sebastiano

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Vault ceiling painting of three mythical marine animals, two dolphins and one hippocamp (seahorse) from Painted Room II (Goodenough) in Catacombs of Vigna Randanini. Vaults of Memory catalog (1985): "Half-horse, half sea creature, the hippocamp frolics with other ocean-going psychopomps (bearers of souls)" (Image 128, p. 27).


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Jewish Catacombs of the Vigna Randanini