Book Title: Apotheosis vel consecratio Homeri : sive, Lapis antiquissimus in quo poëtarum principis Homeri consecratio sculpta est / commentario illustratus a Gisbertio Cupero. Accedunt Explicatio gemme Augustææ: Numismata antiqua explicata: Inscriptiones & marmora antiqua exposita & illustrata; nec non Utilitas quam ex numismatis principes capere possunt; auctore eodem.

Author: Cuper, Gisbert, 1644-1716

Image Title: Paenula

Description: An illustration of a paenula that originated in ancient Rome. Initially this cloak garment was worn by slaves, soldiers, and people of the lower class; however, it became popular as a riding or travelling cloak in the third century. By the fourth century the paenula was prescribed under the sumptuary law of 382 as the proper day-to-day dress of Roman senators, allowing them to reserve the military chlamys and toga for state occasions. The ancient paenula is still evident in the modern poncho of Spaniards and Spanish Americans.

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