Gem design: Anguipes with wreath and helmet

PP-ID:

PP-2736

Classification:

amulet design; gem, magical

Collection ID:

Ad_Chifletius–Macarius_II 6

Collection Inventory:

Chifletius–Macarius_II 6

Reference Numbers:

Chifletius–Macarius, no. II 6; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 287, no. 232; CBd, no. 2736

Former Collections:

Goorle, Abraham van (Abraham Gorlaeus, Anversa ca. 1549 – Delft 1608)

Material:

sard (brown)

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; armour; helmet; wreath

Upright oval, "sard".

Side A: Cock-headed Anguipes in armour, seen from the front, head turned to the left. The figure holds a wreath in his right hand, and a helmet in his left, both arms are extended and bent at the elbow.
Side B: No information.

Selected bibliography
• Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas >>, II 6 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 145G (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• SGG I >>, 287, no. 232 (with earlier literature).