Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Cycles / Rabanus, De Rerum Natura (Vatican City, BAV, Pal. lat. 291)
Bacchus / Single figure / Adult, beardless / Standing / Holding cup, bowl, or jug
Mercury / Types / Dog-Headed
Vulcan / Single Figure / With unusual attributes / Fire-spitting tube

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Encyclopaedic cycles / Rabanus Maurus, De Rerum Naturis / Cycles / Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. Lat. 291 (1525)

Further details

Vulcan, Pluto, Liber (identified as Bacchus, but interpreted primarily as a fertility deity), Mercury

Artist or creator

anonymous

Date

1425

Location

Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 291

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Rabanus Maurus. De rerum naturis. Folio: 190r.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

E. Panofksy and F. Saxl, Classical mythology in mediaeval art, Metroplitan Museum studies, 4,2. 1933, fig. 41; Jean Seznec, La survivance des dieux antiques, London 1940, fig. 66

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Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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