Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

Title: Diptych Panel, detail, Personification of Rome
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Description: Half of a diptych in which Rome and Constantinople are presented as complimentary sister cities. Rome appears as Minerva. She wears a helmet and holds a staff in her right hand. In her veiled left hand she holds a globus cruciger surmounted by a winged Victory. Constantinople (see the Related Resources field for a link) appears as Fortuna. She wears a mural crown, an emblem of tutelary deities that watched over cities. In her right hand she bears a torch and she holds a cornucopia in her left. A winged Eros perches on her right shoulder.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public Domain
Subject (See Also): Byzantium Classical Influences Constantinople/Istanbul Crowns Pagan Influences Personification Rome
Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean
Century: 5
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Related Work: See the companion diptych panel representing Constantinople: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/KHM_Wien_Constantinopolis_X_38.jpg
Current Location: Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Sculptures
Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Plaques; Ivory
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Related Resources: George Frederick Kunz, Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science (New York, 1916), 33.