A good portrait of Constantius II?
I've been googling online, and I have been unable to locate a good likeness of Constantius II, who succeeded his father Constantine, murdered all his cousins, then his brothers and left only a nephew, Julian the Apostate, to succeed him. His reign is described vividly by Ammianus Marcellinus, and the church remembered him as an Arian....
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2019/07/09/a-good-portrait-of-constantius-ii/
#Chronography of 354 #Constantius II
A good portrait of Constantius II?
I've been googling online, and I have been unable to locate a good likeness of Constantius II, who succeeded his father Constantine, murdered all his cousins, then his brothers and left only a nephew, Julian the Apostate, to succeed him. His reign is described vividly by Ammianus Marcellinus, and the church remembered him as an Arian....
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2019/07/09/a-good-portrait-of-constantius-ii/
#Chronography of 354 #Constantius II
The December Poems in the Chronography of 354
For December, the images are preserved in the usual four manuscripts. The poems are mainly preserved in various unillustrated manuscripts, but also appear in R1, the Barberini manuscript.
Here is the 4-line poem (tetrastich):
Annua sulcatae connectens semina terrae
Pascit hiems; pluvio de Iove cuncta...
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/18/the-december-poems-in-the-chronography-of-354/
#Chronography of 354 #Poems in the Calendar of 354
The December Poems in the Chronography of 354
For December, the images are preserved in the usual four manuscripts. The poems are mainly preserved in various unillustrated manuscripts, but also appear in R1, the Barberini manuscript.
Here is the 4-line poem (tetrastich):
Annua sulcatae connectens semina terrae
Pascit hiems; pluvio de Iove cuncta...
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2022/12/18/the-december-poems-in-the-chronography-of-354/
#Chronography of 354 #Poems in the Calendar of 354