Tiburtine Sibyl
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The Tiburtine Sibyl, also called Albunea, was a Roman sibyl, whose seat was the ancient town of Tibur.
Rogier van der Weyden, wing of the Bladelin Altarpiece, c. 1450
The Tiburtine Sibyl meets Augustus, Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt.
The opening lines of Proffwydoliaeth Sibli Ddoeth. Tiburtine Sibyl was adapted in Welsh in the 13th century and preserved within Llyfr Coch Hergest at Jesus College, Oxford MS 111 (1385-1420)
Fresco in the Church of St. John the Evangelist at Tivoli, 1483
Sibyl
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The sibyls were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece.
Tiburtine Sibyl
…The Tiburtine Sibyl, also called Albunea, was a Roman sibyl, whose seat was the ancient town of Tibur (modern Tivoli). The mythic meeting of Augustus with the Sibyl, of whom he inquired whether he should be…
Statue in the Temple of Zeus at Aizanoi, believed to depict a sibyl
Michelangelo's Delphic Sibyl, Sistine Chapel ceiling
Michelangelo's Libyan Sibyl, Sistine Chapel ceiling
Sibyl by Francesco Ubertini, c. 1525