[The Mother Goddess Opis Being Worshipped in a Temple] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Mother Goddess Opis Being Worshipped in a Temple]
Subject: Opis; Ops; Rhea; Magna Mater; Mother Goddess; Mythology; Goddesses; Important Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Pergamum; Ancient Rome
Description: This illustration depicts the citizens of Rome worshipping a stone in the shape of the Mother Goddess, Opis (Ops). The stone is illustrated standing on top of a tall white/grey platform with one of her arms pointing outwards. The citizens are depicted with their hands in front of their chest, looking at the statue while praying. Boccaccio explains that this stone was sought out from Pergamum during the second Punic War as the Romans needed help and wished to offer sacrifices to this Mother Goddess and receive her aid in return. The stone was brought back to Rome and placed in the temple depicted in the illustration.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:11977
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris
Image: mta_11977_OBJ.jpg