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Title:
Portrait of Princess Anicia Juliana
Creator:
Description:
This image is part of the oldest extant copy of "De Materia Medica," an herbal that was commissioned as a token of thanks to the Byzantine princess Anicia Juliana for funding a church consecration. The enthroned Anicia is flanked by personifications of Magnanimity and Prudence. A personification of "Gratitude of the Arts" kneels at the princess's feet as a putto presents a manuscript to her. This scene is enclosed by rope that forms an eight-point star within a circle. The spaces between the ropes contain putti working as masons and carpenters.
Source:
Wikimedia Commons
Rights:
Public Domain
Subject
(See Also)
:
Dedicatees and Dedications
Donor Portraits
Patronage, Ecclesiastical
Personification
Princesses
Geographic Area:
Eastern Mediterranean
Century:
6
Date:
ca. 515
Related Work:
Vienna Dioscorides; Juliana Anicia Codex. See some illustrated pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Dioscurides
Current Location:
Vienna, ONB, Cod. Vindobonensis Medicus Graecus 1, 6v
Original Location:
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Manuscript Illuminations
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Vellum (parchment); Paint
Donor:
Laywoman; created for Byzantine Princess Anicia Juliana, daughter of Emperor Anicius Olybrius
Height/Width/Length(cm):
37cm (whole folio)/30cm (whole folio)/
Inscription:
Related Resources:
Nathan, Geoffrey. "The
Vienna Dioscorides' dedicatio
to Anicia Juliana: A Usurpation of Imperial Patronage?" Basileia: Essays on Imperium and Culture: In Honour of E. M. and M. J. Jeffreys. Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, 2011. Pages 95-102.