Of dragons, basilisks, and the arms of the seven kings of Rome

Author

Nickel, Helmut

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Metropolitan Museum journal/Essays in honor of Helmut Nickel. 1989, Vol. 24, p. 25-34, 27 ill.

ISSN

0077-8958

Abstract (en)

Examines sources for the imaginary arms of the Seven Kings of Rome in the Wappenbuch of Konrad Grünenberg, 1483 (Deutsches Zentralarchiv, Merseburg), especially 5th or 6th c. Byzantine signet rings with the inscription "bratila" (silver example in the Metropolitan Museum, New York; and gold ring in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London), as well as the Capitoline Romulus and Remus Nursed by the She-Wolf (Sale dei Conservatori, Rome).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Victoria and Albert Museum||London (GBR)
• Rings
• Silver (objects)
• Gold
• Byzantine
• Heraldry
• Seven kings of Rome
• Grünenberg, Konrad, act.1483
• Sale dei Conservatori||Roma (ITA)
• Jewelry
• Romulus and Remus Nursed by the She-Wolf
• Sources
• Manuscript illumination
• Germany
• Wappenbuch
• Manuscripts
• Roman [style]
• Sculpture

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Victoria and Albert Museum||London (GBR)
• Argenterie
• Or
• Byzantin (art)
• Héraldique
• Sept rois de Rome
• Grünenberg, Konrad, act.1483
• Sale dei Conservatori||Roma (ITA)
• Bijou
• Romulus et Rémus allaités par la louve
• Sources
• Enluminure
• Allemagne
• Wappenbuch
• Manuscrits
• Romain (art)
• Sculpture

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447167

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