| Pertaining to s. Cecilia in Trastevere (regio XIV - Transtiberim) , battistero |
| Titulus apparatus insculptus |
| Architectonica pars 27 x 187 x 42. Letters 4,6-5,9 |
| Last recorded in Roma, s. Cecilia in Trastevere |
| Date: 400-499 |
| Edition(s): Agostinelli 2010; Recio Veganzones 1989, 631; Cuscito 1998, 443; Parmegiani et alii 2004, 95; Agostinelli 2012, 193, n. 89 |
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| fons sacer est fidei qui culpas abluit omnes tinguitur hoc quisquis incipit esse novus |
| The inscription is engraved on a re-used lintel, now broken into three pieces, found during the archaeological investigations in the complex (1980-1995). The text is carved on the back face of the lintel, originally not exposed; the back of the object is in fact decorated. The formulary links the inscription to the baptistery pertaning to the church, built at the beginning of the 5th century. The most important syllogae do not transmit this text, that is displayed in an addition to the Cotton Vitellius Manuscript (London, BL, Cotton Vitellius A. XIX, f. 88r), containing the life of St. Cuthbert by Beda. Other texts of some inscriptions from Roman churches are displayed in the same manuscript (see Agostinelli 2010 and Agostinelli 2012, pp. 195-196) . |
| Flavio Pallocca, 06/10/2021 |
| Last update by Antonio Enrico Felle on 13/02/2023 |