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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-vat-089. Winged, bipede, tailless dragon (wyvern?) segreant as a charge (heraldic device) of the coat of arms of Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese, p. 1605-1621 AD), remembered as a chief prosecutor of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642 AD), the famous Italian polymath, called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", and even the "father of science". Similar charge was part of the armoury of another Pontifex Maximus, Pope Gregory XIII (p. 1572-1585 AD), famous for commissioning and being the namesake for the Gregorian calendar (1582 AD), which remains the internationally accepted civil calendar to this day. |
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| Polychrome paint, plaster | Fresco wall painting (Ceiling, central panel, escutcheon (heraldic cartouche), painted decoration, detail, in situ) |
Unknown | Italian Baroque (Papal States), Pope Paul V (p. 1605-1621 AD), 1610-1611 AD |
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City State |
Sale Paoline (Hall of Paul V) |
| 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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