RÖMISCHE QUARTALSCHRIFT. – Quarterly periodical of Christian antiquities and ecclesiastical history, founded by Mons. Antonio de Waal in 1887 and edited by the rector of the Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome, in collaboration with the members of the historical institute of the Görresgesellschaft.
The periodical’s principal aim was the publication of scholarly studies on the monuments and sources of Christian archaeology and ecclesiastical history, while also offering brief reports on work in progress, reviews of the most recent books, and updates to the specialized bibliography. Up to 1939, 47 annual volumes were published (with a break from 1916 to 1921 owing to the First World War), along with 28 supplementary fascicles. Among these, the following should be mentioned: J. Wittig, Papa Damasus I., suppl. 14 (1902); id., Die altchristlichen Skulpturen im Museum... des Campo Santo in Rom, 15 (1906); Fr. J. Dölger, Konstantin d. Gr. und seine Zeit, 19 (1913); Fr. Sühling, Die Taube als rel. Symbol im christl. Altertum, 24 (1930); J. Brinctine, Sacramentarium Rossianum, 25 (1930); Ph. Oppenheim, Das Mönchskleid im christl. Altertum, 28 (1931). Those who collaborated with de Waal in the editorial work were: from 1892 to 1896, H. Finke; from 1897 to 1906, S. Ehses; from 1907 to 1921, J. P. Kirsch. His successors as directors were: J. P. Kirsch, E. Göller, E. David, H. Stoeckle. From 1939, because of the Second World War, the journal ceased publication.