Revisiting the Leda Mosaic found at Kornmarkt, Trier (Augusta Treverorum)

Neira Jimenez, Maria Luz

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Revisiting the Leda Mosaic found at Kornmarkt, Trier (Augusta Treverorum)

dc.affiliation.area	UC3M. Área de Historia Antigua	es
dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Humanidades: Historia, Geografía y Arte	es
dc.contributor.author	Neira Jimenez, Maria Luz
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-20T11:10:49Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-20T11:10:49Z
dc.date.issued	2022-11-09
dc.description.abstract	This article aims to review the representations of the exceptional mosaic found in the vicinity of the Kornmarkt in Trier, which, since its discovery, has been subject to different interpretations. Undoubtedly, the unique character and the inexplicable, at least in appearance, conjugation of the two main scenes, with various inscriptions, in the two large concave octagons that stand out in the geometric scheme of the field, that is, a scene perhaps of sleight of hand and another of mythological inspiration with the birth of Helena, have given rise to theories, among others, as opposite as the representation of a mystery cult and, in the completely opposite sense, another that identifies it as an expression of the mockery of traditional cults from the most critical Christian sectors of Augusta Treverorum. In this paper, however, the analysis of the figures contained in the geometric compartments in the shape of a circle and a spindle, with servants and saltatrices, who are also identified by epigraphs with their own names, sheds light on the interpretation of the mosaic. In this regard, the consideration of some parallels for the figures of servants and saltatrices, as well as information from literary sources and the context of the ancient Augusta Treverorum in which the mosaic was commissioned are equally revealing when drawing our conclusions. on the identification of a banquet, including the entertainments of the comissatio.	en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation	Neira, L. (2022). Revisiting the Leda Mosaic Found at Kornmarkt, Trier (Augusta Treverorum) . Journal of Mosaic Research , (15) , 225-250 .	es
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1143749
dc.identifier.issn	1309-047X
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage	225
dc.identifier.publicationissue	15
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage	250
dc.identifier.publicationtitle	Journal of Mosaic Research	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/37918
dc.identifier.uxxi	AR/0000032568
dc.language.iso	eng	es
dc.publisher	Uludag University Mosaic Research Centre	en
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España	*
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/	*
dc.subject.eciencia	Historia del Arte	es
dc.subject.other	Banquet	en
dc.subject.other	Servants	en
dc.subject.other	Saltatrices	en
dc.subject.other	Prestidigitation	en
dc.subject.other	Helena’s birth	en
dc.title	Revisiting the Leda Mosaic found at Kornmarkt, Trier (Augusta Treverorum)	en
dc.type	research article	*
dc.type.hasVersion	VoR	*
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