Libyan Sibyl

The Libyan Sibyl is one of the by Varro, a Roman historian of the 1st century BC, distinguished by Lactantius ten Sibyls, each provided with a geographic epithet.

An individual designated as Libyerin Sibylle is in the 5th century BC already in Euripides in the satyr play Busiris detectable, where it is shown as the daughter of Zeus and Lamia. The original text is lost, but preserved in quotations by other authors.

In the art of Gothic and Renaissance, the Libyan Sibyl is usually depicted with reference to Varro as one in a series of Sibyls often. In juxtaposition to an often equal number of prophets of the Old Testament The most well-known pictorial representation is the Libica of Michelangelo in the fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, where a total of five Sibyls are alternating with seven prophets. It is shown as she takes a lying behind her book with a twisting motion of her body, or stores.

Other representations of a Libyan Sibyl include be found in the following locations:

• Siena, mosaic floor of the cathedral, as one of several Sibyls
• Ulm, half - plastic in the choir stalls in the choir of the cathedral, as one of ten Sibyls, the total work of art with numerous ancient scholars and prophets

A modern representation of the Libyan Sibyl is found in the Abbey Church of Saint Ottilia in the way of the Sibyls and Prophets ( floor plates in brass and limestone ).

From the Middle Ages the various Sibyls were assigned like christian inspired prophecies by name. So these are some of the Libyan Sibyl awarded " prophecies " in the mosaic of the Duomo of Siena displayed in the following Latin inscription:

• Veniet In manus iniquas. Dabunt deo alapas manibus incestis. Miserabilis et ignominiosus miserabilibus spem praebebit. [Note 1]

The Book Inscription of Libica of Michelangelo is:

• Colaphos accipiens tacebit. Dabit in verbera innocens dorsum. [Note 2]

Similar words are also ( in German ) of the Sibyl in St. Ottilie given as inscription.