Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Christian archaeology Various topics

Alicula

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ALICULA. - A leather cape, with or without a hood, used by hunters, farmers, workers and boys. In Christian cemetery paintings and sculptures of Rome after the second half of the 3rd century it is also worn by the Good Shepherd. In the price edict or maximum tariff of Diocletian, of the year 301, the one with the hood is called caracalla maior, while the one without a hood is caracalla minor.

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BIBL.: Wilpert, Pitture, p. 69-81, pls. LXX, 1, 3 and LXXI, 3; id. Die Malereien der Grabhammer des Trebus Justus in Supplementheft der Römischen Quartalschrift, 21 (1913), pp. 276-96 and pls. XVII and XIX.

Enrico Josi

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By Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 883.

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Chicago

Josi, Enrico. “Alicula.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 883. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/alicula.

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Josi, Enrico. “Alicula.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 883. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/alicula.

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@incollection{ec1_alicula,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Alicula},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {883},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/alicula}
}

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