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The Poet and Muse diptych is a Late Antique ivory diptych that appears to commemorate, and to flatter, the literary pursuits of the aristocrat who commissioned it, so that it stands somewhat apart from the consular diptychs that were carved for distribution to friends and patrons when a man assumed the consular dignity during the later Roman Empire. The original inscription in this example, unusually, will have been carried out on the borders of the reverse side, which was infilled with a layer of wax for writing on, the ivory diptych being a very grand example of a wax tablet; the inscription has not survived, so there can be no way to identify the writer for whom it was made. In the literature that has accumulated about this diptych, various prominent figures have been offered as candida

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  • El Díptico del poeta y la musa es un díptico de marfil de finales de la Antigüedad que parece conmemorar, e incluso halagar, las búsquedas literarias del aristócrata que lo encargó, de modo que está un poco aparte de los dípticos consulares que eran confeccionados para distribuir a amigos y patrones cuando un hombre alcanzaba la dignidad consular durante el imperio tardorromano.​ La inscripción original en este ejemplo, inusualmente, se situaría en los bordes del reverso, que se cubría con una capa de cera para escribir encima, siendo el díptico de marfil un magnífico ejemplo de una tablilla de cera; la inscripción no ha sobrevivido, por lo que no hay manera de identificar al escritor para quien fue realizada.​ En la literatura que se ha ido acumulando sobre este díptico, varias figuras prominentes han sido ofrecidas como candidatos: Ausonio, Boecio, y Claudiano, e incluso figuras anteriores, como Ennio y Séneca, con quienes se deseó asociar al comitente​​ La musa representada en pie es Erato, musa de la poesía lírica, reconocible por su atributo habitual, la citara, la cual descansa sobre una ornamentada columna estriada. El poeta en la tabla de enfrente está sentado, sacado de su contemplación por la presencia inspiradora de su Musa. Sus escrituras, un rollo de pergamino y unas tablillas de cera, yacen esparcidas a sus pies. Su rostro está cuidadosamente caracterizado como un retrato, es un hombre de mediana edad, calvo, con los rasgos contraídos por la concentración pensativa.​ El realismo clasicista y la iconografía, así como la completa ausencia de cualquier simbolismo cristiano — los autores cristianos escriben bajo la inspiración de los ángeles — se combinan para sugerir un hombre que ha sido educado en la tradición pagana, los cuales en el siglo V ya no podían acceder al tradicional cursus honorum, implicando un hombre retirado de la vida pública, la cual se había vuelto decididamente cristiana.​ W.F. Volback caracterizó esta obra como un "díptico privado", accesible solo a un público limitado, quizás incluso solo para la contemplación de su comitente; Delbrueck indica que por ello difiere de los dípticos consulares pensados para un público amplio, notando que es por ello difícil constatar el propósito y ocasión para los que fue creado.​​​ El díptico se conserva en el Tesoro de la catedral de Monza, cerca de Milán. (es)
  • The Poet and Muse diptych is a Late Antique ivory diptych that appears to commemorate, and to flatter, the literary pursuits of the aristocrat who commissioned it, so that it stands somewhat apart from the consular diptychs that were carved for distribution to friends and patrons when a man assumed the consular dignity during the later Roman Empire. The original inscription in this example, unusually, will have been carried out on the borders of the reverse side, which was infilled with a layer of wax for writing on, the ivory diptych being a very grand example of a wax tablet; the inscription has not survived, so there can be no way to identify the writer for whom it was made. In the literature that has accumulated about this diptych, various prominent figures have been offered as candidates: Ausonius, Boethius, and Claudian, and even earlier figures, like Ennius and Seneca, with whom the donor wished to be associated The muse represented is Erato, muse of lyric poetry, with her usual attribute, the cithara, which she rests upon an ornately fluted column. The poet on the facing panel is seated, roused from his contemplation by the inspiring presence of his Muse. His writings, a scroll and writing tablets or small codices, lie scattered at his feet. His face is carefully characterized as a portrait, a man of middle age, balding, his features furrowed in thought. The classicizing realism and the iconographic situation, and the complete absence of any Christian symbolism whatsoever — Christian authors write under the inspiration of angels — combine to suggest a man who has been schooled in the pagan tradition, which no longer led to the traditional public cursus honorum, however, by the 5th century, and would instead have implied a man who was living secluded from public life, which had become resolutely Christian. W.F. Volback characterized this as a "private" diptych, with the implication of a limited public, perhaps even retained by its patron; Delbrueck held it apart from the consular diptychs he published and published it separately, noting that it was difficult to ascertain the purpose and occasion for its facture. The diptych is conserved in the Treasury of the Duomo of Monza, near Milan. (en)
  • Il dittico di Claudiano, anche noto come dittico "del poeta e della musa", è un dittico eburneo dell'inizio del VI secolo. La fattura del dittico, conservato nel Museo e Tesoro del Duomo di Monza, è orientale. (it)
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  • Il dittico di Claudiano, anche noto come dittico "del poeta e della musa", è un dittico eburneo dell'inizio del VI secolo. La fattura del dittico, conservato nel Museo e Tesoro del Duomo di Monza, è orientale. (it)
  • El Díptico del poeta y la musa es un díptico de marfil de finales de la Antigüedad que parece conmemorar, e incluso halagar, las búsquedas literarias del aristócrata que lo encargó, de modo que está un poco aparte de los dípticos consulares que eran confeccionados para distribuir a amigos y patrones cuando un hombre alcanzaba la dignidad consular durante el imperio tardorromano.​ La inscripción original en este ejemplo, inusualmente, se situaría en los bordes del reverso, que se cubría con una capa de cera para escribir encima, siendo el díptico de marfil un magnífico ejemplo de una tablilla de cera; la inscripción no ha sobrevivido, por lo que no hay manera de identificar al escritor para quien fue realizada.​ En la literatura que se ha ido acumulando sobre este díptico, varias figuras pr (es)
  • The Poet and Muse diptych is a Late Antique ivory diptych that appears to commemorate, and to flatter, the literary pursuits of the aristocrat who commissioned it, so that it stands somewhat apart from the consular diptychs that were carved for distribution to friends and patrons when a man assumed the consular dignity during the later Roman Empire. The original inscription in this example, unusually, will have been carried out on the borders of the reverse side, which was infilled with a layer of wax for writing on, the ivory diptych being a very grand example of a wax tablet; the inscription has not survived, so there can be no way to identify the writer for whom it was made. In the literature that has accumulated about this diptych, various prominent figures have been offered as candida (en)
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