Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate XXXI · Cameo

Vol. III (1949) · full-page plate
Left: FARNESE CUP. Onyx cameo with figure of Medusa (1st cent.) - Naples, Museo nazionale. Right: HEAD OF MEDUSA. Cameo of Roman age (2nd cent.); PORTRAIT. Cameo from the time of Caracalla - Biblioteca Vaticana, Museo profano; FISH. Christian cameo (4th-5th cent.); ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. Byzantine cameo (13th-14th cent.) - Biblioteca Vaticana, Museo sacro.
(fol. *Mimori e Luc. Catt.*)
Plate XXXI
Plate XXXI
Plate XXXI
Left: FARNESE CUP. Onyx cameo with figure of Medusa (1st cent.) - Naples, Museo nazionale. Right: HEAD OF MEDUSA. Cameo of Roman age (2nd cent.); PORTRAIT. Cameo from the time of Caracalla - Biblioteca Vaticana, Museo profano; FISH. Christian cameo (4th-5th cent.); ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. Byzantine cameo (13th-14th cent.) - Biblioteca Vaticana, Museo sacro.

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