ECL-Bn.13:37-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.13:37-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Nile mosaic of Palestrina
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bn. 13 Nos. 37-41 are catalogued together as all represent the Nile mosaic.
Description
Content (description)
The panel with the following inscription is scrolled and decorated with leaves and branches. Three bees perch on the scrolled parts and top centre there is the sun in a shell.
The first line of the extensive inscription: INTERPRETATIO LITHOSTROTI PRAENESTINI, ALEXANDRI MAGNI PROFECTIONEM PER AEGYPTUM AD HAMMONIS ORACULUM CONSULENDUM IN EO STATUENS..... thereafter follows a long interpretation and explanation of the mosaic.
The first line of the extensive inscription: INTERPRETATIO LITHOSTROTI PRAENESTINI, ALEXANDRI MAGNI PROFECTIONEM PER AEGYPTUM AD HAMMONIS ORACULUM CONSULENDUM IN EO STATUENS..... thereafter follows a long interpretation and explanation of the mosaic.
Content (object)
mosaic
Dimensions
height (actual size): 348mm
width (actual size): 673mm
width (actual size): 673mm
Inscription
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Gullini (I Mosaici di Palestrina)