Libyan Sibyl
Title
Libyan Sibyl
Creator
Guidoccio Cozzarelli
Source
Siena: Duomo di Santa Maria dell'Assunta
Date
1483
Contributor
Dr. Adam Rudolphi
Format
decorative arts
Language
On the placard below the figure: SIBYLLA LYBICA CVIVS MEMINIT EVRIPIDES
On the book in the figure’s hand: COLAPHOS ACCIPIENS TACEBIT DABIT IN VERBERA INNOCENS DORSVM.
On the placard to the right of the figure: INMANVS INIQVAS VENIET DABVNT DEO ALAPAS MANIBUS INCESTIS MISERABILIS ET IGNOMINIOSVS MISERABILIBVS SPEM PRAEBEBIT
On the book in the figure’s hand: COLAPHOS ACCIPIENS TACEBIT DABIT IN VERBERA INNOCENS DORSVM.
On the placard to the right of the figure: INMANVS INIQVAS VENIET DABVNT DEO ALAPAS MANIBUS INCESTIS MISERABILIS ET IGNOMINIOSVS MISERABILIBVS SPEM PRAEBEBIT
Type
Still Image
Original Format
sgraffito pavement
Files
Citation
Guidoccio Cozzarelli, “Libyan Sibyl,” Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Early Modern Italian Art, accessed February 22, 2025, http://othersinearlymodernitaly.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/123.