acrosolium
Greek translation: Εντοιχισμένο κενοτάφιο
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| 3 +4 | ακροσόλιο |
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| 4 +1 | Εντοιχισμένο κενοτάφιο |
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peer agreement (net): +1Εντοιχισμένο κενοτάφιο Explanation: Όπως θα δεις στα παρακάτω sites και στους ερανισμούς, οι όροι acrosolium και arcosolium χρησιμοποιούνται αδιακρίτως και σημαίνουν το ίδιο ακριβώς πράγμα. Την παραλληλόγραμμη εσοχή όπως πολύ σωστά λέει η Tessy στην οποία εναπόθεταν τα σώματα των νεκρών στις κατακόμβες. Δεν υπάρχει ακριβής όρος στα Ελληνικά, αλλά σου προτείνω κάτι με εντοιχισμένο (κενοτάφιο, τάφος, χώρος ταφής ή ότι άλλο θέλεις). The labyrinth-like tunnels that created the Catacombs were made up of multiple galleries. There were many different tomb structures in the galleries. The most common was called loculi, and was a rectangular niche that contained the remains of one body. Other common tomb structures were the acrosolium, the cubicula, the crypt, and the forma. The acrosolium was used mainly in the third and fourth century and was a larger niche that would hold an entire family. An arch would be built above this large niche. The sarcophagus was a single stone or marble coffin that was covered with inscriptions. Arcosolium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arcosolium (from Lat. arcus, "arch", and solium, "a sarcophagus") is an architectural term applied to an arched recess used as a burial place in a catacomb. Arcosolium (Catholic Encyclopedia) This word is derived from arcus "arch" and solium, a term sometimes used by Latin writers in the sense of "sarcophagus"; solium porphyretici marmoris (Suet., Ner., 50). The term arcosolium was applied by the primitive Christians to one form of the tombs that exist in the Roman catacombs. Thus, an inscription published by Marchi (Mon. delle arti prim., 85), which may still be seen in the courtyard of the Palazzo Borghese, states that "Aur. Celsus and Aur. Hilaritas have had made for themselves and their friends this arcosolium, with its little wall, in peace." The arcosolium tombs of the catacombs were formed by first excavating in the tufa walls a space similar to an ordinary loculus surmounted by an arch. After this space was cleared an oblong cavity was opened from above downwards into that part of the rock facing the arch; a marble slab placed horizontally over the opening thus made completed the tomb, which in this way became a species of sarcophagus hewn out of the living rock. The horizontal slab closing the tomb was about the height of an ordinary table from the ground. In some instances, as in the "papal crypt" and the crypt of St. Januarius, the front wall of the arcosolium tomb was constructed of masonry. A species of tomb similar in all respects but one to the arcosolium is the so-called sepulchrum a mensâ, or table-tomb; in this a rectangular niche takes the place of the arch. Reference: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01699a.htm Reference: http://facweb.furman.edu/~jpitts/34-roman%20catacombs.htm |
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