Open AccessChrześcijańska interpretacja kilku antycznych gemm
Author(s) -
Anna Ryś
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vox patrum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-3586
pISSN - 0860-9411
DOI - 10.31743/vp.3519
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , cult , interpretation (philosophy) , history , ancient history , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics
The article presents the Christian interpretation of four ancient gems from the collection of Cabinet des médailles (department of French National Library). Next to the role of the objects in medieval tradition the history of the gems is presented. An attempt at explaining the reasons of using the gems in Christian cult is made.