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LOCATION: Via Rossini Duomo di Pesaro DESCRIPTION: Mosaico pavimentale con Lamie, Duomo Pesaro Le Lamie sono geni mortiferi spesso effigiati su monumenti funerari, simbolo di rapacità, cupidigia e distruzione. La scritta che corre nel tondo "D(omi)NA MAROTA VXOR BONIOMINIS GAVDENCI FECIT OPERARE ISTA(S) TABVLAS" rivelerebbe il nome della committente Marota, moglie del "bonus homo Gaudencius". I "boni homines" erano magistrati scelti tra i ceti più elevati: a Pesaro questo istituto risale ad epoca comunale (sec. XII-XIII). Google translates this as ...... Mosaic floor with Lamie, Pesaro Cathedral The Lamie genes are often depicted on funerary monuments deadly symbol of greed, lust and destruction. The writing runs in the round "D (omi) NA MAROTA VXOR BONIOMINIS GAVDENCI FECIT OPERATE ISTA (S) TABVLAS" would reveal the name of the client Marota, wife of the "bonus homo Gaudencius". The "boni homines" magistrates were chosen from among the upper classes: in Pesaro this institution dates back to the municipal period (XII-XIII). CONTRIBUTOR: Andrea Corradi - Marche, Italy

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