Institutio oratoria, 9.1.37

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Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century CE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Quintilian See all items with this value
Reference
Institutio oratoria, 9.1.37
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Sunt enim similia illis quae in amplo ornatu scaenae aut fori appellantur insignia, non quia sola ornent, sed quod excellant.
Part of Speech
Supine See all items with this value
Verb (active) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Architecture: Building: Civic Building See all items with this value
Architecture: Public Space: Forum See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Scaenae frons of a theatre
the Roman forum, Rome
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Visual Work: Painting: Panel Panting See all items with this value
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Visual works: images (insignia): statues, set painting, architectural elements: columns
statues, panel paintings
Notes
Quoting Cicero, Orator, 134 (39). From the wider usage. NB: certain ornaments earn the appellation by standing out from what is around them
Item Identifier
A00276
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Painting
Civic Building
Architectural Element
Building
Public Space
Forum
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Architectural Element
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite