Consular diptych
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In Late Antiquity, a consular diptych was a type of diptych intended as a de-luxe commemorative object. The diptychs were generally in ivory, wood or metal and decorated with rich relief sculpture. A
One of the consular diptychs of Areobindus Dagalaiphus Areobindus, consul in 506, showing him in an imago clipeata (Louvre, Paris)
Consular diptych of Magnus, who was consul of Constantinople in 518. He sits between figures representing Rome and Constantinople. Louvre
Diptych of Anicius Petronius Probus, consul in 406, depicting emperor Honorius (oldest surviving example)
Diptych of Constantius III, produced for his consulate in 413 or 417.
Poet and Muse diptych
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The Poet and Muse diptych is a Late Antique ivory diptych that appears to commemorate, and to flatter, the literary pursuits of the aristocrat who commissioned it, so that it stands somewhat apart fro
Poet and Muse diptych
