Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Spolia from the baths of Caracalla in Sta. Maria in Trastevere
Eight 3rd cent. Ionic capitals with images of Isis, Serapis, and Harpocrates were confiscated from the libraries in the baths. The identity of the pagan images would have been uniknown to most 12th cent. observers because the only accessible keys to correct identification were one sentence in Varro,...
| Author: | D. Kinney |
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S.n.,
New-York,
1986
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| Volume: | LXVIII |
| Pages: | 379-397 |
| Periodical: | The Art Bulletin |
| Format: | Article |
| Topic: | -
Works
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De civitate Dei
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civ. Dei XVIII
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| Status: | Needs Review |
| Summary: | Eight 3rd cent. Ionic capitals with images of Isis, Serapis, and Harpocrates were confiscated from the libraries in the baths. The identity of the pagan images would have been uniknown to most 12th cent. observers because the only accessible keys to correct identification were one sentence in Varro, V, 57 and a reference in Augustine, Civ. Dei XVIII. |
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thermae / baths 
Vida de Sta. Mónica