H. Solin and P. Tuomisto, in the volume Le iscrizioni urbane di Anagni, Rome 1996, describe the epigraph no. 98 as: Noah’s ark, on the left Noah holding the hand of his wife. Into the Ark, at the right of Noah, ax and tongs. Behind, garlands. The image, indeed, does not reflect the noetic iconography, but it seems a lively figuration of a shop, the type of which is not clear. If we exclude a food shop, the decor of the counter and the object in the man’s hand may indicate a nummularius, even if the forceps and the malleus to the right would lean more to an anularius or an aurifex. This iconographical interpretation, not otherwise attested and of remarkable interest, would also better explain the presence of garlands, the hole at the center of the traded object and the female buyer.
La bottega di Noè. Una scena di vendita su una lastra di Anagni, Sala delle lapidi, monastero delle suore Cistercensi della Carità (Solin 1996 n. 98)
AVELLIS, LUCA
2016-01-01
Abstract
H. Solin and P. Tuomisto, in the volume Le iscrizioni urbane di Anagni, Rome 1996, describe the epigraph no. 98 as: Noah’s ark, on the left Noah holding the hand of his wife. Into the Ark, at the right of Noah, ax and tongs. Behind, garlands. The image, indeed, does not reflect the noetic iconography, but it seems a lively figuration of a shop, the type of which is not clear. If we exclude a food shop, the decor of the counter and the object in the man’s hand may indicate a nummularius, even if the forceps and the malleus to the right would lean more to an anularius or an aurifex. This iconographical interpretation, not otherwise attested and of remarkable interest, would also better explain the presence of garlands, the hole at the center of the traded object and the female buyer.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
