Cover illustration: an extension of the vines depicted on the cover of volume I, which features a drawn reconstruction of a third century mosaic in mausoleum M in the Vatican necropolis. Image by Anna Hijmans.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hijmans, S. E., author.
Title: Sol : image and meaning of the sun in Roman art and religion / Steven E. Hijmans.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024 | Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, 0927-7633 ; volume 198 | Extensive reworking of the author’s thesis (doctoral)—University of Groningen, 2009, under the title: Sol : the sun in the art and religions of Rome. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Contents: v. I. — v. II. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2022061079 (print) | LCCN 2022061080 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004406698 (v. I ; hardback) | ISBN 9789004514720 (v. II ; hardback) | ISBN 9789004516526 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004442405 (v. I ; ebook) | ISBN 9789004521582 (v. II ; ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Sun—In art. | Sun—Religious aspects. | Rome—Religion.
Classification: LCC N8251.S6 H55 2024 (print) | LCC N8251.S6 (ebook) | DDC 704.9/49—dc23/eng/20230112
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022061079
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022061080
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISSN 0927-7633
ISBN 978-90-04-51652-6 (hardback, set)
ISBN 978-90-04-40669-8 (hardback, vol. I)
ISBN 978-90-04-51472-0 (hardback, vol. II)
ISBN 978-90-04-44240-5 (e-book, vol. I)
ISBN 978-90-04-52158-2 (e-book, vol. II)
DOI 10.1163/9789004442405 (vol. I)
DOI 10.1163/9789004521582 (vol. II)
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