Drawing of a magical gem: Lion (A) Anguipes with kneeling figure (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2745
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_VII 30
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_VII 30
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. VII 30; Goodenough, JS, III, no. 1114; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 293, no. 244
Former Collections:
Pignoria, Lorenzo (Laurentius Pignorius, Padova 1571–1631)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; stars (7); animal: lion; clothing: kilt; figure, male; gesture, kneeling; whip; weapon: shield; weapon: armour; moon, crescent
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; voces, unidentified
A: A lion standing in profile to right. Seven six-pointed stars around the animal, and a crescent open to bottom, above it.
B: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand holding a shield and a whip, left hand extended above the head of a kneeling figure in kilt, facing him. Letters below the Anguipes: ιαω → Ἰάω, above the kneeling figure: ιαβα → unidentified vox, and three characteres. Between the two figures: the letter f, upside down.
Cf. also a red jasper gem on the international art market that was presumably designed after this piece.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, VII 30
SGG I, no. 244 (with earlier literature)
B: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand holding a shield and a whip, left hand extended above the head of a kneeling figure in kilt, facing him. Letters below the Anguipes: ιαω → Ἰάω, above the kneeling figure: ιαβα → unidentified vox, and three characteres. Between the two figures: the letter f, upside down.
Cf. also a red jasper gem on the international art market that was presumably designed after this piece.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, VII 30
SGG I, no. 244 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2745. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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