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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-077. The coiling cynocephalic (dog-headed) and ichthyocaude (fish-tailed) aquatic composite monster ketos, just before swallowing and during disgorging Jonah, thrown from the boat to the sea; Noah in the Ark welcoming the dove with the olive branch in its beak; Jonah resting under the calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria, bottle gourd) and being approached by a snail, lizard, and crab, the iconographic reference to the worm, sent by God, the subject referred to in the Bible (Old Testament), NRSV as follows: ◆ "Then Jonah went out of the city and sat down east of the city, and made a booth [סֻכָּה, sukkah = "booth" in Hebrew] for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, waiting to see what would become of the city. The Lord God appointed a bush [קִיקָיוֹן, qiqayon in Hebrew, perhaps Ricinus communis, castor-oil plant?], and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort; so Jonah was very happy about the bush. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm [תּוֹלָע, tola = "crimson/scarlet" in Hebrew; compare to Kermes vermilio, crimson scale insect or vermilion derived from vermiculus, the diminutive of the Latin vermis = "worm"] that attacked the bush, so that it withered. When the sun rose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” Then the Lord said, “You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?”" (Jonah 4: 5-11). |
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| White marble | High relief (Sarcophagus with Biblical scenes, chest, front panel, carved decoration, detail) |
Unknown; consi-derably restored by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (1716- 1799 AD |
Roman Imperial/ Early Christian, 280-300 AD |
Vatican Necropolis, under the floor (?) of Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano, Vatican |
Musei Vaticani (Mu-seo Pio Cristiano), Vatican, Inventory № 31448 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Vatican Expedition, 29 March - 25 April 2015). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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