Happy Mythology Monday! Figures from Greek and Roman mythology were a popular decorative element in
Happy Mythology Monday! Figures from Greek and Roman mythology were a popular decorative element in early modern books. This engraved vignette on the title page of Johann Jacob Baier’s Biographiae Professorum Medicinae features Athena, the goddess of wisdom, a fitting choice for a biographical work on the Professors of Medicine at the University of Altdorf. We can tell it’s her because of her shield, which carries the head of the Gorgon Medusa, and from the owl hovering just behind her. -- source link
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