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MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Aries / Single figure / Head only
Time / Time-keeping / Calendars

PORTRAITS

Clerics / Popes / Gregory XIII (Ugo Boncompagni, 1502-1585, r. 1572-1585)

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Coats-of-Arms / Clergy / Popes / Gregory XIII Buoncompagni (reg. 1572-1585)

Further details

Medal commemorating the introduction of the Gregorian Calendar

Artist or creator

Italian formerly attributed to Lorenzo Fragni

Date

1582

Location

London, British Museum (Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities) (inv. M.1389)

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Web resources

British Museum

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