Described by some scholars as the earliest image of the universal mission of Christ to the Gentiles, this very early fresco in the Capella Greca of the Catacomb of Priscilla shows the three magi bringing gifts to a seated ...

Eucharist Scene with three legged table (Left), Eucharist scene with basktes of bread (Center), Good Shepherd with an orantes (Right).

Fresco of Adam and Eve in the catacomb of Pietro e Marcellino.

Signore Zinobelli and Loculi in the Catacomb of Pietro e Marcellino.

The Christian saw in the resurrection of Lazarus the promise of his own resurrection and oneself as a citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem. The heavenly Jerusalem, four square, fresco from the tomb of the Aurelii.

Fresco of the healing miracle, paralytic takes up his bed and walks.

Fresco of philosopher sitting. (Job as philosopher?)

Veneration of three bishops. Fresco of three bishops in the catacomb of S. Pontiana.

Pagan iconography and roman style weave in and out of one another. In so solidly an Old Testament symbol as that of Noah, we find him saved from the flood in an ark.

Fresco of Moses rescued from the Nile.