l bust. His hair iscurled in the Byzantine fashion, and his costumeis a richly decorated toga. An inscription runs along the top of eithertablet, between the border and the circular devicescarved with flowers. It says :— Flavins Strategius Apion—Strateghts Apion.Vir inlustris Conies Devotisshnoruni… … X a: o IVORIES We gather, therefore, that this magnate was achamberlain at court, as well as ordinary consul. Diptyches were used among the Romans for allkinds of purposes, such as to convey love-messages,as invitations to a banquet, or to notify the cele-bration of feasts and games. We find the…
Decorative arts -- Spain History
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