Atti Del IX Congresso Internazionale Di Archeologia Cristiana; Roma, 21-27 Settembre 1975. (2 Volume Set.)

Citta Del Vaticano: Pontifico Istituto Di Archeolgoia Cristian, 1978. Thick Quarto. . 2 volume set. Volume I. 685 pages, Vol. II, 603 pages. Plates, charts, photographs. Besides the set in the Vatican the only other recorded copy is at the Univ Complutense de Madrid. One of the great conferences on the discoveries of early Christian documents or archaeological sites in the 3rd and 4th centuries. Many important articles including W.H.C/ Frend, 'Greek Liturgical Documents from Q'asr Ibrim in Numbia", pp. 295-306 [with papyri photographs] J.B. Ward Perkins "The role of the Craftmanship in the Formation of Early Christian Art" pp. 637-650; P. Corby Finney, (truncated) "Gnosticism and the Origins of Early Christian Art", p. 391-460. Bound in tan stiff paper wraps lettered in red and black. light scattered foxing to fore-edges of volume one. Near fine. (Inventory #: 031431)