Justice blindfolded : the historical course of an image /

Justice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of "justice" and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fiftteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is b...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Prosperi, Adriano (Author)
Other Authors:	Tedeschi, John (Translator), Tedeschi, Anne (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Series:	Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700.
Subjects:	Justice (Personification) Justice in art.