Sarcophagus of Constantia (detail)

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DC Field	Value
dc.contributor.contributor	Constantia Augusta
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-20T12:20:12Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-20T12:20:12Z
dc.date.end	360
dc.date.start	340
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14008/321
dc.description	<p>Detail of the front of the red-porphyry sarcophagus of Constantia Augusta, later St. Constance, daughter of the Emperor Constantine the Great. The front, like the three other sides, is decorated with garlands and grape vines, large acanthus scrolls and cupids harvesting grapes. Below the scrolls, there are two peacocks, a ram and a cupid bearing a garland. The lid is decorated with alternate festoons of greenery and masks.</p><p>Chronological details: ca. 340/360</p>
dc.format.medium	porphyry
dc.language.iso	zxx
dc.rights.holder	Vatican Museums, Rome
dc.source	https://cmc.byzart.eu/items/show/290/
dc.title	Sarcophagus of Constantia (detail)
dc.type	image
dc.type.materialandtechnique	carving (processes)
dc.type.materialandtechnique	relief (sculpture techniques)
dc.type.materialandtechnique	sculpting
dc.type.physical	sarcophagi (coffins)
dc.rights.license	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.relation.fond	UNIBO Zeri Foundation
dc.coverage.temporalperiod	Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
dc.contributor.provider	AMSHistorica - University of Bologna
dc.contributor.intermediateprovider	BYZART Project
dc.contributor.dataprovider	University of Bologna
dc.relation.place	Musées du Vatican, Italy
dc.subject.iconclass	http://iconclass.org/48A983
dc.type.magbiblevel	m
dc.relation.project	BYZART Project
dc.type.coar	Resource Types::image::still image
item.treefondsroot	BYZART. Byzantine art and archaeology
item.grantfulltext	open
item.fulltext	With Fulltext
item.cerifentitytype	Products
item.coartype	still image
item.openairecristype	http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_c513
item.openairetype	image
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