Table Of ContentPottery, Pavements, and Paradise
Supplements
to
Vigiliae Christianae
Texts and Studies of
Early Christian Life and Language
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VOLUME122
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Pottery, Pavements,
and Paradise
Iconographic and Textual Studies on Late Antiquity
By
AnnewiesvandenHoek
JohnJ.Herrmann,Jr
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2013
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CONTENTS
Preface.................................................................. vii
AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.
Abbreviations........................................................... ix
PhotoCredits ........................................................... xv
Introduction............................................................ 1
I. PaulinusofNola,Courtyards,andCanthari:ASecondLook ...... 9
AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.
II. TheclatheBeastFighter:AFemaleEmblemofDeliverancein
EarlyChristianPopularArt ....................................... 65
AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.
III. “TwoMeninWhite:”ObservationsonanEarlyChristianLamp
fromNorthAfricawiththeAscensionofChrist................... 107
JohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.andAnnewiesvandenHoek
IV. AniciusAucheniusBassus,AfricanRedSlipWare,andthe
Church............................................................ 133
AnnewiesvandenHoek
V. TheSphinx:AnEgyptianTheologicalSymbolinPlutarchand
ClementofAlexandria............................................ 149
JohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.andAnnewiesvandenHoek
VI. ClementofAlexandria,Acrobats,andtheElite................... 175
AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.
VII. Celsus’CompetingHeroes:Jonah,Daniel,andTheirRivals....... 203
AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.
VIII. DivineTwinsorSaintlyTwins:TheDioscuriinanEarly
ChristianContext ................................................. 255
AnnewiesvandenHoek
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IX. TheSagaofPeterandPaul:EmblemsofCatholicIdentityin
ChristianLiteratureandArt ...................................... 301
AnnewiesvandenHoek
X. ApocalypticThemesintheMonumentalandMinorArtofEarly
Christianity ....................................................... 327
JohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.andAnnewiesvandenHoek
XI. OdysseusWandersintoLateAntiquity ........................... 383
AnnewiesvandenHoek
XII. ExecutionasEntertainment:TheRomanContextofMartyrdom 405
AnnewiesvandenHoek
BibliographyandShortTitles........................................... 435
IndexofSubjectsandNames ........................................... 461
IndexofMuseums...................................................... 477
IndexofAncientandMedievalAuthorsandWritings.................. 479
IndexofLatin,Greek,andHebrewWords .............................. 482
Plates ................................................................... 485
PREFACE
These essays on late antiquity are the products of collaboration between
a specialist in ancient languages and a historian of ancient art, who also
happentobewifeandhusband.Thiscouplingofdiversefieldshasledtothe
scatteringoftheessaysoveradiverserangeofperiodicalsandfestschrifts.
Sincemostofthesevenueswereconnectedwiththefieldofearlychurch
historyandtheology,theirscatteredexistencewasnotalwayseasyforart
historianstodetect.Thishasledtotheideaofbringingthestudiestogether
intoasinglevolume.
Theessaysinthisbookoccupythemselvesparticularlywiththeambiguous
territoryinwhichChristian,pagan,andsecularimageryandpracticescom-
pete, coexist, and intermingle. Exploration of the iconography of African
RedSlipWare,themostsignificantlateantiqueceramic,isalsoarecurring
theme.Thisceramicinteresthasbecomeabridgebetweentheauthors’dif-
ferent professional fields and has turned into a kind of second career for
both.
The essays, nine of which published previously over a span of a dozen
years, have been corrected, updated, and modified for this setting. The
other articles have been given as lectures on various occasions but have
notsofarseenafinalprintedform.Bringingthemintoaconsistentformat
wasanoneroustask,whichwaslargelytheworkofLindaGrant.Shekept
the project going for us, and her acute eye has clarified many a thought
and improved many a word or phrase. We are ever grateful for her work.
Othercolleaguesandfriendshavecommentedontheessays,andwehave
greatlybenefittedfromtheirgeneroushelp.Weexpressourgratitudeand
recognitioninfootnotesoftheindividualessays.
Wehavehadgreatsatisfactionworkingtogetherinaninterdisciplinaryway
and learning from our partner’s different expertise. We like to thank the
secondreaderfortheusefulcommentsandtheeditorsoftheseriesVigiliae
ChristianaeSupplementsfortheirworkonthemanuscript.Itisaparticular
pleasureforustohaveourbookincludedinthisseries,attheinceptionof
whichoneofushadtheprivilegetopublishanotherwork.Wearegrateful
totheeditorsofBrillfortheirfriendlycontactsovertheyearsandtheirsolid
viii preface
(Dutch) professionalism. As twenty five years ago, we would like to send
offourvolumewiththesoberingwordsofHorace;“etsemelemissumvolat
irrevocabileverbum.”
AnnewiesvandenHoekandJohnJ.Herrmann,Jr.
Dedham,February,2013
ABBREVIATIONS
AA ArchäologischerAnzeiger
Act.Paul.etThecl Acta Pauli et Theclae. Edited Oscar von Gebhardt, Passio S.
Theclae Virginis: die lateinischen Übersetzungen der Acta Pauli et
Theclae: nebst Fragmenten, Auszügen und Beilagen. TUGAL 22/2.
Leipzig:J.C.Hinrichs,1902
ACW AncientChristianWriters.1946–
AE Annéeépigraphique
AJA AmericanJournalofArchaeology
ANRW AufstiegundNiedergangderrömischenWelt.GeschichteundKultur
RomsimSpiegelderneuerenForschung
APTh ActsofPaulandThecla[Greektext].SeeR.A.Lipsius,Dieapokryphen
ApostelgeschichtenundApostellegenden.2vols.;Braunschweig,1883–
1890
ASS Actasanctaesedis
Adv.haer. Irenaeus,Adversushaereses
Apos.Const. ApostolicConstitutions
Arch Archaeology
Aug Augustinianum
BABesch BulletinAntiekeBeschaving
BAR BiblicalArchaeologyReview
BArC BullettinodiarcheologiaCristiana
BASOR BulletinoftheAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearch
BCH Bulletindecorrespondancehellénique
BVBl BayerischeVorgeschichtsblätter
Blaise-Chirat AlbertBlaiseandHenriChirat,DictionnaireLatin-Françaisdesau-
teurschrétiens.Steenbrugge:Brepols,1954
C.Celsum Origen,ContraCelsum
C.Faustum Augustine,AgainstFaustustheManichean
CAF Comicorumatticorumfragmenta.EditedbyTheodorusKock.3vols.
Lipsiae:V.B.Teubner,1880–1888
CBCR R. Krautheimer, Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae. 4 vols.
VaticanCity:PontificioIstitutodiArcheologiaCristiana,1937–1976
CCSL CorpusChristianorum:Serieslatina.Turnhout:Brepols,1953–
CIG Corpusinscriptionumgraecarum.EditedbyA.Boeckh.4vols.Berlin,
1828–1877
CIL Corpusinscriptionumlatinarum
CNRS Centrenationaldelarecherchescientifique
CPL ClavisPatrumLatinorum.EditedbyE.Dekkers.Steenbrugge,1995
CRAI Comptesrendusdel’Académiedesinscriptionsetbelles-lettres;now
alsoavailableonline:http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/
prescript/revue/crai(consulted7August2013)
Description:These essays on late antiquity traverse a territory in which Christian and pagan imagery and practices compete, coexist, and intermingle. The iconography of the most significant late antique ceramic, African Red Slip Ware, is an important and relatively unexploited vehicle for documenting the divers
