Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Christian archaeology Various topics

Cubiculum

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CUBICULUM. - It is a common term among the Romans for indicating the bedrooms that opened onto the sides of the atrium of the house.

It is often encountered in epigraphy to mean the family burial chamber or one for the members of a collegium, or else the upper room (c. superius) for funeral rites (CIL, VI, 18423; XIV, 158). Among Christians it is used for a burial chamber (G. B. De Rossi, Roma sotterranea, III, Rome 1877, p. 46 and pl. 5, 3; c. duplex (ibid., p. 464; id., Iscriptiones christianae, I, ibid. 1856-61, p. 45).

Bibliography

BIBL.: H. Leclercq, s. v. in DACL, III, 2, coll. 3167-71.

Enrico Josi.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1031.

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Josi, Enrico. “Cubiculum.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1031. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/cubiculum.

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Josi, Enrico. “Cubiculum.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1031. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cubiculum.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Cubiculum},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1031},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cubiculum}
}

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