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The Seasons in Romano-British Mosaic Pavements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Roger Ling
Roger Ling
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History of Art Department, University of Manchester
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Abstract

In the course of examining the charioteer mosaic discovered at Rudston (Yorks.) in 1971 it struck me that certain aspects of the iconography had been either misunderstood or over looked in the first publications. In particular the idea that the bust of a Season holding a rake must be identified as Winter seems to rest on a misconception. It is much more likely that the Season in question, both here and in other similar representations, is Autumn.

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Britannia , Volume 14 , November 1983 , pp. 13 - 22
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Copyright © Roger Ling 1983. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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