The Boethius Diptych

The Boethius Diptych, preserved in the Museo di Santa Giulia in Brescia, was commissioned on the occasion pf the consulship of War. Manilas Boethius in 487 C.E. This Diptych is one of several examples of late antique diptychs whose interior surface were inscribed during the Middle Ages for Christian liturgical use, but it is unique within this corpus because its interior also contains paintings.