Drawing of a magical gem: Hermes with animals
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2869
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_XXVII 117
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_XXVII 117
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. XXVII 117
Former Collections:
Chifflet, Philippe (Philippus Chifletius, 1597–1657)
Material:
jasper (colour unspecified)
Iconography:
Hermes; weapon: helmet; kerykeion; bird: cock; clothing: mantle; thunderbolt?
A: Hermes standing nude, wearing a winged cap, head to right, left hand wrapped in a mantle and holding the kerykerion, right hand holding an unidentified object (thunderbolt?). To his left, a lamb, to his right, a cock.
B: Insufficient information.
Bibliography
Chifetius–Macarius, Abraxas, XXVII 117
B: Insufficient information.
Bibliography
Chifetius–Macarius, Abraxas, XXVII 117
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CBd-2869. 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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