_Entrance to the right in the court. Fee, half a franc._
Founded by Pius IX., and composed of Christian antiquities. There are
many bas-reliefs, fragments, inscriptions, mosaics, &c., worthy of
admiration.
The CORRIDOR, _upstairs_, is decorated with Christian inscriptions
from the Catacombs. The oldest is A.D. 238. They relate to persons,
dogmas, rites, and ranks of the clergy of the early Christians.
From the end of the corridor on the left two rooms open out,
ornamented with copies of frescoes found in the Catacombs.
_Sometimes the entrance is made from the court through the_
LONG HALL.--Sitting statue of S. Hippolitus, found near S. Lorenzo
fuori le mura. On the chair is the Paschal Calendar in Greek, composed
A.D. 223, and a list of Hippolitus's writings.
LANDING OF THE STAIRS.--Bas-relief of Elijah ascending to heaven. This
hall is decorated with a number of sarcophagi of the early Christians,
found in the early churches and catacombs. They are placed so as to
illustrate how the tombs were situated in the vestibules of the
catacombs.
_From the Loggia upstairs we enter the_