Braiding Fruits and Flowers as a Wish of Prosperity and Victory over Death in the Carved Festoons of Ancient Rome.

Alessandro Lazzara, Alma Kumbaric, Agnese Pergola, Giulia Caneva

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Alessandro LazzaraDepartment of Science, University of Roma Tre, Viale Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-8269-9703

Alma KumbaricDepartment of Science, University of Roma Tre, Viale Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy.

Agnese PergolaMuseo Nazionale Romano, Largo di villa Peretti 2, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8840-7670

Giulia CanevaDepartment of Science, University of Roma Tre, Viale Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0551-7100

Funding

Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) under Programma Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) DOT13A7328

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant motifs had a significant role in ancient cultures, with decorative, artistic, and communicative values. However, little knowledge exists of the botanical composition of festoons, widely used in Greek-Roman art. We analysed 81 festoons, exclusively from sculpture artworks, collected from 13 museums and archaeological sites in Rome (1st century BC-3rd century AD). Using iconographic sources and previous data, we identified the represented species and analysed their abundance and composition using statistical methods (Cluster Analysis, Principal Components Analysis) and diversity indexes (Shannon and Evenness). We documented 3081 botanical elements, identifying 30 taxa, in which fruits with leaves (45%) or alone (10%) represented the most common ones.

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phytoiconologyplant historyplant symbolismRoman archaeologyRoman cultureRoman festoonsRoman wreaths

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PMID39409664

DOI10.3390/plants13192795

PMCPMC11478656

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