Drawing of a magical gem: Griffin on a lying figure (A) letters and character (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2927
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex St. Geneviève, Du Molinet 127, V–VI
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Ex St. Geneviève, Du Molinet 127, V–VI
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG I, 412, no. 383
Former Collections:
Abbey of St Geneviève, Paris
Iconography:
gesture, lying; griffin; gesture, orant; figures, male (2)
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; αρβαθ and variants
A: Griffin standing to left over a naked, bearded, lying, male figure. Standing before them in profile to right, a naked figure with both arms raised in adoration. Around the figures, in the free field, a Greek inscription in five lines, starting from the right side of the griffin's head, and ending below the naked, lying figure: αραβα|θυ|ωο|υιλε|λισ → unknown voces including variant of αρβαθ?
B: Three letters: ωσξ → unknown vox.
Post-antique. See CBd-685.
Bibliography
Du Molinet 1692, 127, V–VI.
B: Three letters: ωσξ → unknown vox.
Post-antique. See CBd-685.
Bibliography
Du Molinet 1692, 127, V–VI.
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CBd-2927. 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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