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Terentius painting vexillum
#16
Quote:Ah, sorry, I misread that, I thought you were refering to the object above the vexellum, which actually looks to be a figure of some form, human. :?

And the figure on the Vexellum looks like an Angel, so it could be Victory? Athena Nike?
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#17
Quote:It also looks like it could be a white dove...
If you were a Roman miles, would you want to march under the banner of a dove? Perhaps the barbarians would die laughing.
Titus Licinius Neuraleanus
aka Lee Holeva
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#18
Well, it looks like a dove about as much as an eagle. Maybe it's a chicken for that matter...
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#19
As far as I can see from this source
http://ecatalogue.art.yale.edu/detail.htm?objectId=4961
there are no painted objects on vexillum. I have also checked b&w reproduction published in Bonner Jahrbuecher 186, with the same conclusion.
Stefan Pop-Lazic
by a stuff demand, and personal hesitation
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