CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND THE FOUNDATION OF EARLY CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY
Abstract
The paper investigates different aspects of Constantinian monuments, particularly at the archaeological remains of the Christian complex of Sant’Agnese, known as the Catacombs of Sant’Agnese at Via Nomentana, Rome, built upon the request of Constantina, the daughter of the Emperor, Constantine. The archaeological evidences and the inscriptions within the imagery at the remains of Christian monuments are an evidence of only developing language of the first Christian liturgical services. Interpretations of subsequent Christian iconography must, therefore, take into account these earlier, literally encrypted forms of Christian worship of specific spiritual property (the martyrs, the liturgical reality, the members of family).
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