(Human Body with Horse Hind-Quarters Attached) Centaurus

Classical images – Archaic Greek (human body with horse hind-quarters attached) Centaurus

Paris, Louvre Chiron Inv. G 186 (source: Perseus Project)

Paris, Louvre London, British Museum Paris, Louvre Centaur with rabbit Chiron Chiron from Rhodes necropolis, c. 620-530 BC Inv. 1971.11-1.1 (source: Perseus Project) Inv. G 3 (source: Perseus Project) 1 Classical images – Archaic Greek (human body with horse hind-quarters attached) Centaurus

Munich, Antikensammlung Location? London, British Museum Chiron Black-figure lehythos Chiron and Achilles Inv. 1615A (J. 611) source: Wikipedia (G. dallorto ?) black-figure amphora; Etruscan (?), attrib Bisenzio Group n.b thyrsus with dead animals c. 500 BC; inv. 1956.1220.1 Cf Baur, pl. 2

London, BM Black figure Hydria with scenes of Perseus Etruscan, late 6th C BC 2 n.b. – human leg kicks out Classical images – Greek Centaurus

Los Angeles, Getty Museum Attic black-figure neck amphora, n.b. – thyrsus attrib Wurzburg 221 Group 480-60 BC 3 n.b. – thyrsus and skin over arm Classical images – Greek Centaurus

London, British Museum Philadelphia, Univ of Pennsylvania Museum Apulian red-figure krater Athenian red-figure kalyx n.b. – animal skin and thyrsus 5th C BC source: www. theoi. com n.b. – animal skin and thyrsus source: www. theoi.com

Paris, Louvre Herkles and Pholos Attic, black figure hydria, 520-500 BC 4 n.b. – thyrsus with animals hanging from it

Classical images – Archaic Greek (human body with horse hind-quarters attached) Centaurus

Los Angeles, Getty Museum Los Angeles, Getty Museum Los Angeles, Getty Museum n.b. – raised leg Attic black-figure panel amphora, Attic red-figure squat lekythos attrib Medea Group Follower of Polygnotos 530-520 BC late 5th C n.b. – skin and raised foreleg

5 Classical images – Greek (figures with the thyrsus) Centaurus

London, British Museum Toledo OH, Mus of Art Madrid, Mus Arqueológico Nacional Dionysus with maenad and satyr Return of Hephaistos Dionysian Dance Attic red-figure pelike from Camiros Attic red-figure skyphoa Attic red-figure kalyx crater c. 340, (BM E424) c. 430 BC ( inv. 82.88) attrib Protomos painter, c. 400 BC Inv. 11011

Ferrara, Mus Archaeologico Return of Hephaistos Attic, red-figure volute krater by Polion From Spina, c. 420 BC Inv. 3303 6 Classical images – Roman Centaurus

Berlin, Pergamon Museum From Tivoli, Hadrian’s Villa n.b. – animal skin over arm

7 Classical images – Roman Centaurus

Rhodes, National Museum Orange, Mus d’Art et d’Histoire Centaur with rabbit Centaur with rabbit 3rd C AD from Orange arena (relief of centaurs); 2nd C AD

Tunisia, Bardo Museum 8 from Acholla, Baths of Trajan (Triumph of Dionysus), 120-130 AD n.b. – fluttering drapery behind Classical images – Roman Centaurus

Algiers, Naz Museum From Tipasa, Achilles mosaic with Chiron cf Ling, pp. 85-86, fig. 60

Haifa From Sepphoris, Imperial Roman source: theoi.com

Baltimore MD, Walter Art Gallery Naples, Museo Nazionale Red jasper stone; 2nd C BC Source: flickrhivemind inv. 42. 6111 n.b. – animal skin with tail 9 Classical images – Roman Centaurus

Chiron with tripod Edessa (Urfa, Turkey) source: archaeonica.com/images Chrion from the Villa of the Amazons; 5th-6th C AD

10 Classical images – Roman Centaurus

Rome, Palazzo Massimo Orange, Mun Mus Roman sarcophagus Internal frieze from theatre at Orange Source: M. Harrsch Augustan n.b. – fluttering drapery behind Cf. M Pabé, The Art of Roman Gaul n.b. – thyrsus

11 Classical images – Roman Centaurus

Rome, Capitoline Museum Rome Furetti Centaurs (younger one) Sarcophagus of Calpurnii Pisonis (from the Villa Salaria) Hellenistic or Roman, grey-black marble n.b. – with lyre n.b. – animal skin 12 Classical images – Roman Centaurus

Rome, Mus nazionale Rome, Museo delle Terme Pirithous and Hippdamia Sarcophagus with young and old centaurs from Herculaneum, painted marble n.b. -- wreaths and belts

Leningrad, hermitage Mus Naples, Mus Naz Stroganoff sarcoph, right end Sarcophagus of Metilia Torquata 13 Cf. Amer. J of Arch, 73, 1969 Cf. Amer. J of Arch, 73, 1969 Classical images – Roman (Chiron with horns) Centaurus

Location unknown 4th C AD Source: pba-auctions.com

14 Classical images – late Roman / early Christian Centaurus

Louvre Source? Ivory panel

15 Classical globes Centaurus

Naples, Farnese Atlas Bentley’s Manilius © Petr Hadrava

Mainz Globe

Paris, Kugel Globe Mainz globe drawing © E. Kunzl 16

Germanicus mss Centaurus

I. = z stemma

missing from manuscript

Leiden, Univbibl Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibl. Mun. Bern, Burgerbibl, Voss lat 4° 79 Ms 188 Ms 88 n.b. – panther, flying skin, club, lifted n.b. – same foot and CrA

vs. planisphere vs. planisphere 17 Germanicus mss Centaurus II and III. = O stemma (O1 or ν ) II. III.

missing from manuscript

vs. hemisphere n.b. – skin over wrist

Basle, OBU Aberystwyth, NLW Ms AN.IV . 18 Ms 735 C n.b. – foreleg raised; animal on its back

vs. schema n.b. – with bow

vs. planisphere vs. planisphere 18 Germanicus mss Centaurus

IV. = O stemma (O2 or μ ) Va. = O stemma (O2 or μ = Siciliensis)

Cologny, Bib Bodmer NY, Pierpont Morgan Libr Cod lat 7 Ms M 389 n.b. – rabbit on shoulder; box same from wrist Vb.

Madrid, Bib nac Ms 19 (16) n.b. – foot raised; bestia with feet upwards with cloth (?) below; rabbit on stick; animal skin (paws) on back

Vatican, BAV Barb lat 76 19 same

Germanicus mss = ‘Siciliensis’ Centaurus

VI.

London BL Egerton 1050 n.b. – rabbit on shoulder; keg from wrist; rabbit (!) upside down in hand

VII. = fragmentum ... repertum in Sicilia

London, BL, Naples, Bib naz Add Ms 15819 XIV D 37 20 n.b. – rabbit on shoulder; dish-foot below hand n.b. – rabbit on shoulder; dish with flame

Germanicus mss ( = ‘Siciliensis’) Centaurus VIIIa.

Madrid Bib Nac Vatican, BAV Vienna, Schottenstift Ms 8282 Barb lat 77 Ms 51 n.b. – rabbit on shoulder; dish-foot same

VIIIb. VIIIc. IX.

Vatican,BAV Florence, Bibl Laurenziana Montpellier Urb lat 1358 Plut 89 sup 43 Ms H 452 21 same same n.b. – no attributes

Ps-Eratosthenes Centaurus

planisphere – same , save position of thyrsus

hemisphere – same as large pic, save both Vatican BAV, forelegs raised Vat grec 1087 n.b. – foot lifted; panther; thyrsus, wreath; flying drapery/ skin 22 Cicero Centaurus

London, BL London, BL London, BL Harley 647 Harley 647 – planisphere Harley 2506 n.b. – with rabbit, one leg raised, stick, same n.b. – upside-down goat; band at waist; flowing cape no cape

London, BL London, BL Gottweig, 23 Cotton ms Tib B.V., pars 1 – same Cotton Ms Tib C. 1 – same Stiftsbibl Ms 7 – same