The Boethius Diptych
New Findings in Technical Art History, Iconography, and Paleography
Published on 25. November 2021
Book
288 pages
978-3-86328-183-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.