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Standards & horns
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Wallach Division Picture Collection

Army -- Ancient -- Rome

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1785
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC ARMY-Anc-Ro
Topics
Horns (Communication devices)
Armies -- Roman -- To 499
Military standards -- Roman -- To 499
Headdresses -- To 499
Genres
Prints
Book illustrations
Notes
Source note: Costume des anciens peuples, à l'usage des artistes. (Paris : Alexandre Jombert, 1784-1785) Dandré-Bardon, Michel François (1700-1783), Author. Cochin, M., Creator.
Physical Description
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Extent: 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)
"2e. Part. Pl. 21." "11e. Cer."--lettered top corners. Illustrations lettered (A-H).
Description
Illustration from a French book from the late 1700’s. A. B. C. and D. are horns or trumpets, used for signaling orders on the battlefield. A straight horn was called a “tuba” (literally, a tube), while a coiled one was referred to as a “buccina” or “cornu” (horn, as in a ram’s horn). Roman military signals probably weren’t as elaborate as modern bugle calls, being a few notes loud and distinct enough to be heard over the sound of a battle. E. is a standard bearer, the person who carried a legion’s insignia atop a pole. Roman armies didn’t have flags, though sometimes a cloth drape was hung from the standard by a crossbar. What was important was the legion’s eagle and its portrait of the emperor, symbols of the unit’s pride and traditions, the loss of which in battle would be a great disgrace. Standard bearers typically wore a headdress made from the head and forepaws of a powerful animal like a lion, leopard, wolf or bear. F. and G. are standards, one showing the eagle (a symbol of Jupiter) and emperor’s likeness, the other topped with the figure of a goddess. SPQR was an acronym for “Senate and People of Rome”. H. is a rather misleadingly small picture of a cavalry insignia called a “draco” (dragon). A metal tube in the shape of a dragon’s head was fixed to the top of a pole, and a long fabric tube like a wind sock was attached to it so as to fill with air and go streaming behind like a coiling body and tail during a charge. The last, unlabeled, object is a standard bearer’s headdress, this one made from a lion skin.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17247085
Barcode: 33333159418850
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 16d25550-c537-012f-c564-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1785: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Standards & horns" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1785. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-09b0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Standards & horns" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-09b0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1785). Standards & horns Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-09b0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Standards & horns