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Source Description
One of a set of twenty-one plaques. The Libyan Sibyl carries a lighted torch alluding to the illumination of darkness at the advent of the Savior. In late medieval and renaissance iconography she was associated with Jeremias.
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Document identity
localId
32218
label
Plaque with Sybila Lvbica (Libyan Sibyl)
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
32218
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Plaque with Sybila Lvbica (Libyan Sibyl)
description
One of a set of twenty-one plaques. The Libyan Sibyl carries a lighted torch alluding to the illumination of darkness at the advent of the Savior. In late medieval and renaissance iconography she was associated with Jeremias.
provenance
Beurdeley Sale, April 9, 1883, no. 9; H. G. Marquand Sale, New York, Janaury 23, 1903, no. 1061.
date
1535-1540 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
plaques
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22.7
height
10.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 15/16 x W: 4 3/16 in. (22.7 x 10.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
signed LL in black letters on a white tablet
med
enameled plaque in a gilt and silvered-copper screen
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4231
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none
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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f0bfb92ba4369890