| Burgon. | Bosio. | |
| History of Jonas | 23 | 11 |
| The Smitten Rock | 21 | 16 |
| Apprehension of Peter | 20 | 14 |
| Miracle of the Loaves | 20 | 14 |
| Giving Sight to the Blind | 19 | 11 |
| Change of Water into Wine | 16 | 8 |
| Raising of Lazarus | 16 | 14 |
| Peter’s Denial | 14 | 8 |
| Daniel in the Lions’ Den | 14 | 7 |
| Paralytic Healed | 12 | 7 |
| Creation of Eve | 11 | 2 |
| Sacrifice of Isaac | 11 | 9 |
| Adoration of the Magi | 11 | 8 |
| Fall of Adam and Eve | 14 | 10 |
| Woman with Issue of Blood | 8 | 9 |
| Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem | 6 | 8 |
| The Good Shepherd | 6 | 9 |
| Noah in the Ark | 5 | 6 |
| Christ before Pilate | 5 | 6 |
| Giving of the Law | 4 | 6 |
| The Three Hebrew Children | 4 | 3 |
| Moses Taking Off his Shoes | 2 | 2 |
| Elias Taken Up to Heaven | 2 | 3 |
| Nativity, with Ox and Ass | 1 | 4 |
| Christ Crowned with Thorns | 1 | 1 |
It will be seen that there is only one example of Christ crowned with thorns, and in that the harshness is removed by the substitution of a garland of flowers. How different from modern Roman Catholic art, in which the scenes of the passion are endlessly repeated! In pagan sarcophagi we find, instead of these sacred themes, crowded battle-pieces, with processions of warriors, chariots, horses, maskers, mythological groups, vintage scenes, etc. See the sarcophagi of the Empress Helena and of Constantia in the Vatican Museum, and [before described].
[567] In ecclesia nullatenus sepeliantur, sed in atrio, aut porticu, aut in exedris ecclesiæ.—Council of Nantes, can. 6.
[568] Chrys., Hom. 26, in 2 Cor.
[569] Numerous Christian sarcophagi have also been found at Arles, Saragossa, Ravenna, Milan, and elsewhere.
The name sarcophagus, flesh-eating, from σάρξ and φάγω, it is well known, was derived from the supposed quality of the Lapis Assius, a stone of Assos in Asia Minor of which they were originally made, of corroding and consuming dead bodies, as ascribed to it by Theophrastus and Pliny.
[570] See especially [Figs. 47], [48], [63], [91], [92], [96], [97], and postea [106].
[571] Christian Art, vol. i, p. 42.
[572] Τὸν ἀειδῆ καὶ ἄτιμον φανέντα.—Dial. cum Tryph., 85.
[573] Adeo nec humanæ honestatis corpus fuit, nedum cœlestis claritatis.—De Carn. Christi., c. 9.