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Bible Encyclopedias
Crypto-Porticus
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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CRYPTO - PORTICUS (Gr. Kpvlrr6s, concealed, and Lat. porticus ), an architectural term for a concealed or covered passage, generally underground, though lighted and ventilated from the open air. One of the best-known examples is the crypto-porticus under the palaces of the Caesars in Rome. In Hadrian's villa in Rome they formed the principal private intercommunication between the several buildings.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Crypto-Porticus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/crypto-porticus.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Crypto-Porticus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/crypto-porticus.html. 1910.
