Monumentum
Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
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31 Dec 2020
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Fresco scene from the initiation ceremony at S. Capua Vetere
Stanley A. Jashemski / The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections CC BY-NC 4.0
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[This second panel] (W. 0.92 m.) shows once again the blindfolded and naked alumnus with his magister behind him. The mystes is kneeling on his right knee; his hands are tied behind his back. Pseudo-Augustine tells that the cords used for this were made of chicken gut. The mystagogus seems to be the same as in the previous panel since he is clad in a short white tunic and a shoulder cape bordered with red. His head is now better visible.