Early Christian Art by
Translated from French. A bit dated.
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology by
In the 19th century "Biblical Archaeology" was conceived by William Albright for the explosion in information recovered from expeditions. The Oxford represents a new way of conceiving of the relationship between archaeology and biblical studies.
The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art by
Surveys I-VI centuries. Short essays organized by medium. Second part on uses, context, and methods. Includes multiple illustrations.
The Social Origins of Christian Architecture by
2 volumes. Historical introduction to early Christian buildings and spaces.
The Thousand and One Churches by
Published in 1909. A seminal study of the postclassical monuments of Anatolia. The Binbirkilise ("Thousand and One Churches," near Konya), excavated by Ramsay and Bell in 1907. The monuments have long since disappeared. 250 high-quality digitized images.
Andover Newton Oxyrhynchus Papyri Collection. YDL Special Collections houses sixteen papyri fragments found over a millenium ago in an ancient trash heap in Oxyrhyncus, Egypt. Several letters penned by Christians. Includes P.Oxy. 1230 (Gregory-Aland number P24), a 4-5th century papyrus fragment of the Apocalypse of John (Revelation).
Corpus Inscriptionvm Ivdaicarvm by
Online available.
Epitaphs of the Catacombs: Christian Inscriptions in Rome During the First Four Centuries by
A reprint of the original edition of 1878.
The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy by
Advances our understanding of the place of Latin inscriptions in the Roman world beyond the vague concept of 'the epigraphic habit'.
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