COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 40 - De Templo Mercurii
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
The image depicts the Temple of Mercury, located on the Aventine Hill and dedicated in 495 BC. Mercury took on a similar role to Hermes in Greek Mythology, and dedicating the temple in May associated Mercury with parent Zeus and Maia. It was one of the first temples to use a concrete domed roof.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page titles in Italian: Tempio di Mercurio.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Temples, Roman.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Temple of Mercury
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
