Dextrarium iunctio
Roman marriage with Dextrarum iunctio on an urn ( Museo delle Terme di Diocleziano , Rome)
The Dextrarum iunctio was part of an ancient Roman wedding custom . Traditionally, at this ceremony, the bride and groom are brought together by a married woman, who then shake their right hands; then a bloodless sacrifice is made. Representations of the Dextrarum iunctio are common in Roman art, for example on sarcophagi .
See also
literature
- Joachim Marquardt : The private life of the Romans. 2nd Edition. Leipzig 1886 p. 49 f.
- Heinrich Laag : Small dictionary of early Christian art and archeology. Stuttgart 1990 p. 76.
Web links
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