Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate XLVI · Sirens

Vol. XI (1953) · full-page plate
Above left: EPISODE OF ULYSSES with a siren, bird-woman, who are the syrinx. Mosaic of the 2nd cent. AD, from Tor Marancia, near the cemetery of Domitilla - Vatican Museums, Braccio Nuovo. Above right: EPISODE OF ULYSSES with three sirens, bird with woman's head, one of which is falling into the sea. Detail of an Attic red-figure vase (late 6th cent. - early 5th cent. BC) - London, British Museum. Below left: EPISODE OF ULYSSES with three sirens, mulierbi figures seated on rocks in the act of playing. Etruscan cinerary urn (3rd cent. BC) - Volterra, Museo Guarnacci. Below right: SIREN, MERMAID. Panel of the 13th cent. - Modena, Cathedral, south wall, above the little loggias.
(da Corpus casarum antiquorum, British Museum, 3, Londra 1927, tav. 20, fig. 1c)
Plate XLVI
(fot. Orlandini)
Plate XLVI
(fot. Musei Vaticani)
Plate XLVI
(fot. Minari)
Above left: EPISODE OF ULYSSES with a siren, bird-woman, who are the syrinx. Mosaic of the 2nd cent. AD, from Tor Marancia, near the cemetery of Domitilla - Vatican Museums, Braccio Nuovo. Above right: EPISODE OF ULYSSES with three sirens, bird with woman's head, one of which is falling into the sea. Detail of an Attic red-figure vase (late 6th cent. - early 5th cent. BC) - London, British Museum. Below left: EPISODE OF ULYSSES with three sirens, mulierbi figures seated on rocks in the act of playing. Etruscan cinerary urn (3rd cent. BC) - Volterra, Museo Guarnacci. Below right: SIREN, MERMAID. Panel of the 13th cent. - Modena, Cathedral, south wall, above the little loggias.

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